Riyad Mahrez

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

If you put Hazard in the Leicester team would he be any better than Mahrez?

He might be better slightly judging by the stats below but I think the stats don't tell the whole story, this is because most of Chelsea's play come through Hazard, so he gets the ball more often than Mahrez or in our case, Sane. If I was to choose between Mahrez and Hazard, I would take Mahrez, his performance stats is very impressive considering the the team he plays for.

 

[Mancityus]

Mahrez is good, but in my opinion not great. He's not a better player than Sterling, Sané or Bernardo, so I don't really see how he strengthens us apart from boosting the numbers. Much prefer Hazard, Bale or Mbappe.

None of the players you mention - Sane, Sterling or Bernardo were great when they came here. Pep made a difference and that difference would make Mahrez stand out.

 

[ballinio]

Hope this one gets done nice and early.

Will give us a lot of options up top in terms of:

Allowing Stirling to play through middle on occasions

Additional competition for Sane - Stirling can play left side and Mahrez right.

Additional goal scoring

Additional first class delivery from dead balls

Great signing if it happens

Someone who understands at last

 

[ballinio]

None of the players you mention - Sane, Sterling or Bernardo were great when they came here. Pep made a difference and that difference would make Mahrez stand out.

He’s a better player than Sane & bernado right now .

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

I could see him playing striker for us. He is more of a striker than Sterling / B Silva. He is also a striker that plays as a 2 with Vardy. I think that is something we dont have.

 

[BlueAnorak]

He might be better slightly judging by the stats below but I think the stats don't tell the whole story, this is because most of Chelsea's play come through Hazard, so he gets the ball more often than Mahrez or in our case, Sane. If I was to choose between Mahrez and Hazard, I would take Mahrez, his performance stats is very impressive considering the the team he plays for.

Most of the passes that Sane makes are backwards!

 

[Easy]

If you put Hazard in the Leicester team would he be any better than Mahrez?

Good question.

Don’t think so, considering this season they have scored the same goals but Mahrez has more assists and the gluf in class between Leicester players and Chelsea players is quite high.

 

[Easy]

Hope this one gets done nice and early.

Will give us a lot of options up top in terms of:

Allowing Stirling to play through middle on occasions

Additional competition for Sane - Stirling can play left side and Mahrez right.

Additional goal scoring

Additional first class delivery from dead balls

Great signing if it happens

100% agreed. Would be a top class signing. On top of that he was desperate to join us, shows how much it would mean for him.

I’m surprised so many are under rating Mahrez.

 

[WallyA]

100% agreed. Would be a top class signing. On top of that he was desperate to join us, shows how much it would mean for him.

I’m surprised so many are under rating Mahrez.

Less so under rating and more so trying to find where he fits unless we move things around.

Put simply, we currently have 1 LW and 2 RW, so we need another player to play LW, not RW.
Now as people have said, shift Sterling left and now we have 2 and 2, but Mahrez seems too similar to Bernardo.

But I also think Mahrez can play in David Silva's role as well (same as Hazard mind you) so we will have options in the squad.

 

[ChicagoCityzen]

Don’t understand the griping about mahrez. PL winner, PFA player of the year. Can play across the front three, dribbles the ball in a Bernardo-esque fashion, can play a beautiful ball in, and has a rocket of a left foot that even Sané would envy.

This guy is class and could rotate whenever Leroy or sterling hit a rough patch in their form, which has happened several times throughout the season tbf. Would be fantastic in cup games too. Every time we play Leicester, he’s the only guy I get worried about (flashbacks of him ending Demichelis still ring through my mind). Mahrez is like a better WINGER version of Bernardo Silva. He’s faster, can finish better, and has the ability to blast one from outside the box and create magic from no where. Would love to see Bernardo play more in Merlin’s role this upcoming season with that being said, as he’s gonna be absolute class in his natural position.

City fans would love him and he’d bring in a huge new fan base like Salah/Egypt.