Riyad Mahrez

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The one thing we can’t be accused of this time is not trying bring players on from a position of strength. Shocking recruitment the season after the last 2 title wins.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
When we already had a fit Sané Kun Sterling and Jesus we still tried to sign Sanchez last Summer. We had a look again this month but are now looking elsewhere.

Whether we have injuries or not we will sign a fifth forward at some point.

There is not another 17 year old getting into any other elite team in Europe that I know of so why would that be different at City? Neither Foden nor Diaz have shown they’re ready in terms of ability (a good U17 WC isn’t showing readiness for an elite European open age team), and neither of them look physically ready. Both have lost the ball by being outmuscled very easily in game time they’ve both had so far.

What you’ll notice about youth players moving on, they move on when they aren’t good enough. If they were good enough they’d get games.
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It always amazes me when our youth players get a couple of sub starts and about 70mins of play in total and people say they are not ready. Yet the same people defend new players like Gundog and B silva when they don't make a good start and say they need six weeks to settle in. The fact of the matter is the youth don't get the same chance as a multi million pound new arrival.
 
Coutinho 25, Mahrez 26, they are belong in the same bracket of intelligent players, but I think Mahrez's all-round creativity is better. So, any price below Coutinho's is a very good deal imo.
 
Mahrez and Fred would pretty much wrap up the league for next season, even if rags go on to bring their diving diva and pay him a million a week.

We've got the manager who makes a difference as well. And we will be even more dominant than what we've been this season. Don't you all want that? Nothing guarantees it but it just makes us a whole lot favourite for back to back quadruples.
 
raghavk said:
Mahrez and Fred would pretty much wrap up the league for next season, even if rags go on to bring their diving diva and pay him a million a week.

We've got the manager who makes a difference as well. And we will be even more dominant than what we've been this season. Don't you all want that? Nothing guarantees it but it just makes us a whole lot favourite for back to back quadruples.
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I’m sold. Get him in!
 
Unless United come in for him at some point I don’t see Leicester ever getting more than £60m for Mahrez.

Talk of £90m-£100m is laughable.
 
Would this be happening if Sane wasn't injured? No.

Would this be happening if we weren't scared of FFP 2.0? No.

This is panic buying at its best.

Is Mahrez a very good player who will probably play very well in an excellent team? Yes. But it's a sad state of affairs that football has arrived at the point where you shell out close to 100 million pounds, to cover an injury for a few months, rather than give an academy player a chance.
 
silva_shoelaces said:
Okay so I said most of this about 70 pages back but apparently about 40% of the forum still don’t get it.

We have no fucking backup wingers
Bernado is not a fucking winger
Diaz is 18 and not a fucking winger
Foden is 17 and not a fucking winger
We have TWO fucking senior players for our attacking THREE fucking positions
Mahrez is the best available fucking winger in the Premier League
Some similar level fucking wingers are older and/or unavailable
Other similar fucking wingers are younger and/or inexperienced
Mahrez has won the fucking Premier League with fucking Leicester and got the fucking POTY
We are in 4 fucking competitions. That is potentially 27 fucking matches.
People want to play for 6 fucking weeks with ONE fucking winger.
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Fucking superb post.
 
bluethai said:
Coutinho 25, Mahrez 26, they are belong in the same bracket of intelligent players, but I think Mahrez's all-round creativity is better. So, any price below Coutinho's is a very good deal imo.
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If Mahrez turns on his 2015-16 form on for us we will have an absolute world beater and one of the best wingers in world football.
 
cadds92 said:
Unless United come in for him at some point I don’t see Leicester ever getting more than £60m for Mahrez.

Talk of £90m-£100m is laughable.
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Not sure about that. He's a similar age to Coutinho and isn't far off ability wise. Not surprised Leicester are holding out for 90M in the current market. I'm not sure they'll get it from us though.
 
People should worry less about transfer fees, some of them are really ridiculous now (and only will get worse)..If he adds to the team and Pep wants him them i'm all for it. As long as nobody asks me to contribute to the transfer then I couldn't care less about the fee. Even the thought of us getting him has really pissed a lot of people off...

Least we won't have long to wait and thank god we play tonight.
 
kenzie115 said:
Would this be happening if Sane wasn't injured? No.

Would this be happening if we weren't scared of FFP 2.0? No.

This is panic buying at its best.

Is Mahrez a very good player who will probably play very well in an excellent team? Yes. But it's a sad state of affairs that football has arrived at the point where you shell out close to 100 million pounds, to cover an injury for a few months, rather than give an academy player a chance.
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I really don't see this as a panic buy. I think he is an alternative to Sanchez rather than a short-term replacement for Sane.
 
kenzie115 said:
Would this be happening if Sane wasn't injured? No.

Would this be happening if we weren't scared of FFP 2.0? No.

This is panic buying at its best.

Is Mahrez a very good player who will probably play very well in an excellent team? Yes. But it's a sad state of affairs that football has arrived at the point where you shell out close to 100 million pounds, to cover an injury for a few months, rather than give an academy player a chance.
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Jesus wept you really don't get it do you?
 
kenzie115 said:
Would this be happening if Sane wasn't injured? No.

Would this be happening if we weren't scared of FFP 2.0? No.

This is panic buying at its best.

Is Mahrez a very good player who will probably play very well in an excellent team? Yes. But it's a sad state of affairs that football has arrived at the point where you shell out close to 100 million pounds, to cover an injury for a few months, rather than give an academy player a chance.
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He's an alternative to Sanchez
 
KnaresboroughBlue said:
Not sure about that. He's a similar age to Coutinho and isn't far off ability wise. Not surprised Leicester are holding out for 90M in the current market. I'm not sure they'll get it from us though.
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Coutinho is a Brazil international though, that’s why his premium was immense.

He has also shined over multiple seasons wheras Mahrez only really had one great season.

Ever since it has just been cameos and highlights.

Coutinho has been winning games for Liverpool for a few years now.

He was still never worth the fee Barca paid though.
 
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