Riyad Mahrez

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I rate him and if Pep improves him as he has hearty all of our squad then he could become more like hazard imo.
 
I rate Mahrez and understand why our focus has shifted to a winger with Sane's injury. My only concern (except the last minute fee) is that I'm not sure he's a 'Pep player' who will help back with defensive responsibilities as Sterling and Sane do.
 
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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This was happening when Sané wasn't injured. And if the rumours are true of both Jesus and Sané being out for 6 more weeks, it's a necessary signing!
 
The_Boxing_KangaBlue said:
As good as I think Mahrez is, or at least can be, at the price that’s quoted I’m not sure I’m on board.

With a fully fit squad is he ahead of Sané, Sterling, Silva, Agüero, Jesus or De Bruyne? Not for me.

Is he better than Bernardo? Yes, but the Silva Jr is showing signs of being a real find and may not be behind him for long.

Is he competing with Gundogan? No.

Is he better than Delph or Zinchenko? Yep, but they can play as LBs and for £90m he bloody well should be!

And where does that leave Foden, Nmecha and Brahim in terms of their opportunities and development?

I don’t think he’s a panic buy as much as he’s a borderline unnecessary expenditure when he’s very unlikely to be content being a second tier squad player for now.

EDIT: All of that being said, I love watching him in full flight, so...
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Half of the players we have won't start in a fully fit squad with Silva, Kevin, Leroy and Sergio. But that doesn't mean that's how a season goes, does it?

We'll have plenty injuries sadly enough and these aren't even like pulling a hammy, fucking ****s are out there studs up deliberately killing our players.

We need as good depth as we can have.

None of Olex, Brahim, Foden, Bernardo are wingers. We've only got two. We need another at the very least.
 
When we were in for AS this thread was full of posts saying Mahrez was not a Pep player. Too lazy. An individualist.

I thought and think he is a much better fit for us. Whether we are prepared to pay 70m+
for him I am not sure
 
The valuations in here and the papers are ridiculous.

I see everyone is using VVD and Coutinho fees as bench marks based on that we should get at least £30m for Mangala then...never going to happen.

Reality is Auba is probably going to Arsenal for £60m, Giroud to Chelsea for £18m. This is what we should be comparing to.

Mahrez has wanted out for a while, he was suppose to get his move on deadline day in the summer where he even left international duty to go to London and ended up not moving. Think it was to Spurs or Chelsea, can’t remember.

Now he has a chance to leave again and we are offering more than anyone else before for him, it’s understandable Mahrez is going on strike. £60m is more than fair for him, probably a tad overpriced even. Leicester should really except it, they well not get more for him in the summer especially as he will down tools.
 
Ricster said:
£90m. Thats almost the funniest thing ive read all window
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Well, if he has no previous connection to City, he's got to be worth KdB, Aguero, and Jesus put together!! We weren't gonna get ripped off by those $anchez folk, and that should have sent a message to anyone doing business. We ain't paying a premium 'cos someone keeps the home-grown bleach industry going with purchased hair products.
 
CityStu said:
I rate Mahrez and understand why our focus has shifted to a winger with Sane's injury. My only concern (except the last minute fee) is that I'm not sure he's a 'Pep player' who will help back with defensive responsibilities as Sterling and Sane do.
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If he doesn't, he won't play.
 
A mate of mine from Leicester was hoping we would sign Sanchez, he was told that talks with Leicester about Mahrez had taken place a few weeks ago. This is not a panic buy, quite obviously plan B.
 
Think it will be difficult to get this over the line in the short time remaining if the two clubs are indeed as far apart in their valuations as has been reported. Going to be an interesting day either way.
 
Are we covertly undermining teams in the PL? Flirting with the best players, getting them to want to move and then putting a ceiling on our bids that won’t be accepted?

Obviously not but if I’ve thought of it I won’t be surprised to see custis tweet it tomorrow!

As for Mahrez, fantastic player in a mediocre team. As soon as he hit Leicester I wondered how we’d managed to let him slip by.

Pace, skill and vision. Need to work on his effort without the ball but imagine him, Dav, kdb, Raz, Leroy on the same pitch feeding Sergio or Gabi!
 
Andrew___K said:
What's the highest sum City could pay for Mahrez in this situation, what do you think? Imagine you're Txiki. Take into account that we're having a real chance to win 2-4 trophies, so the fix is needed immediately.
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I agree mate and I love the fact they have seen a need and doing their best to fill that need, it just feels like a last minute move again. We went in hard for Sanchez on the last day of the summer window but the deal didnt happen as Arsenal had no time to find a replacement and this feels like this will go the same way. Another attacker has always been the plan, so Sane's injury isnt the reason for this move. Genuine question as I trying to get my head round it....If our long term plan was always to get another forward/attacking player why wait until the last day to try and get a deal done?
 
Chuck in Mangala and sack off the Iheanacho sell-on clause to sweeten the deal.
 
Ric said:
Chuck in Mangala and sack off the Iheanacho sell-on clause to sweeten the deal.
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Mate of mine text me last night,dunno how he'd know but said he got told that City had offered to knock the "buy back" clause on the head.
Maybe he meant sell on clause?
 
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