Riyad Mahrez

[Nails]

So a man with two goals and eight assists in a poorer league is the same price as someone who gets more than that playing in a defensive premier league team. You pay a premium because it's not even a risk. He's proven and in his prime.

If this was the other way around and Mahrez played for Monaco and Lemar played for Leicester, I'm convinced nobody on here would give a hoot about paying £70m+ for him, whilst Lemar at Leicester you'd all say wasn't worth more than £25m.

Oooh, you have an inferiority complex! A deserved one, too!

 

[Camberwell Fox]

They agreed to sell him for a “fair price”. A figure which they themselves are plucking out of thin air. First they wanted 35 million from Roma and then 6 months later want 75 million from us. Jokers.

Not factual I’m afraid.

Roma never came close to our valuation and were metaphorically laughed at.

The price at that point was £50m

 

[cleavers]

Did that comment about Mahrez being unveiled alongside Jorginho next week get deleted? Swear I read it on here and can't see it anymore (nor the other threads).

Was it just a bloke on the wind up?

The poster deleted it himself, he had already served a short ban for pretending to be ITK, so make your own mind up.

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

Anyone know who this Le Buteur is? Good source?....seen them as a source for a few updates now...65mil would seem a fair price for both clubs...

City Watch‏Verified account @City_Watch 2h2 hours ago
Manchester City are very close to signing Riyad Mahrez from Leicester in a deal that should be worth around €75m (£65.7m). [Le Buteur]

 

[Marvin]

Anyone know who this Le Buteur is? Good source?....seen them as a source for a few updates now...65mil would seem a fair price for both clubs...

City Watch‏Verified account @City_Watch 2h2 hours ago
Manchester City are very close to signing Riyad Mahrez from Leicester in a deal that should be worth around €75m (£65.7m). [Le Buteur]

This was posted on their web-site earlier. Possibly more likely to have info on the transfer than the English press.

http://www.lebuteur.com/article/detail?titre=mahrez-a-man-city-ca-va-se-faire-cette-semaine&id=

Google translate

The very likely transfer from Riyad Mahrez to Manchester City continues to fuel the British media. Not a day goes by without talking about the evolution of the negotiations between the Citizens and their Foxes counterparts. Until now, much has been said about this transaction, but we are still waiting for formalization. Yesterday, some English tabloids indicated that discussions could end between the two parties because of the financial demands of Leicester officials. A source close to the file told us that nothing of the sort is yet to be considered, since the discussions have reached a very advanced stage and the signature of the player for the benefit of the Blue and White of Manchester should even be done before the end of the current week.
The transfer would be around 75 M €
While some British media said yesterday that the leaders of Leicester City would demand more money since finally Patrick Roberts was no longer in the deal because the Foxes will record in the coming hours the arrival in their home. the young player from Norwich City, Maddison, for £ 20 million, our source told us that this was not going to be a real problem, as both sides managed to reach an agreement. At first, the Citizens proposed 60 million euros more Patrick Roberts to have Mahrez. A proposal deemed insufficient by Leicester who asked for 75 million euros plus said player. Nevertheless, since then, things have changed and as long as the Foxes have concluded the arrival of Maddison attacking midfielder, they no longer need Roberts. They should be satisfied with 75M €, which seems to satisfy also the leaders of Man City.
Riyadh was reassured by its leaders
In one of our previous editions, we revealed that Riyad Mahrez was beginning to be annoyed by the attitude of his leaders who continue to complicate his departure from the club and thus block his transfer to Manchester City. Nevertheless, it seems that one of the leaders of the Foxes had a discussion recently with the player and was reassured in terms of his departure to the club champion England. He told her that the negotiations were progressing well and that a final agreement had to be reached in the next few hours.
The Foxes want to finish them too
The fact that this transfer is slow to materialize does not please the leaders of Leicester City. They also want to finish in order to devote themselves to other hot issues that affect their club, whether in terms of recruitment or departures. So, if all goes well, we should have the formalization of the departure of Riyadh this week on the side of Manchester City.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Anyone know who this Le Buteur is? Good source?....seen them as a source for a few updates now...65mil would seem a fair price for both clubs...

[Le Buteur]

I'm not convinced,they like to spread their bets.

 

[eyalluvitt]

I'm not convinced,they like to spread their bets.

I can't believe its still not a done deal

 

[Paladin]

The poster deleted it himself, he had already served a short ban for pretending to be ITK, so make your own mind up.

Hmmm. Did he also delete the two posts that quoted him?

 

[SilverFox2]

I can't believe its still not a done deal

Perhaps City have other options they prefer to fully explore before maybe completing the deal.

Neither side has yet walked away so perhaps once alternatives fully explored we will reach a compromise ?

Personally I think that our owner has approved a certain amount of money within the business plan to continue our investment phase so his CFG officers are limited by the BP content.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

If he's not a Guardiola type of player then why does Guardiola want him? And why would one of the most demanding managers on the planet sign a player with a bad work ethic?

Are these actually your own opinions or just repetition of what you've read online? Neither point makes any sense to me.

if there's one thing the last two seasons have proven (although they didn't need proving) it is that Guardiola can change the work ethic of every single player he comes across. If they don't change, they're out. Simple as.