Actually, I'd be happier settling at £60m for Mahrez cash, plus Patrick Roberts bringing it to £75m. Lol :-)
Roberts blotted his cop book with us last pre-season. We wanted him to go out on loan in the PL or there was talk of a French team being interested, but he refused to consider any of them & only wanted Celtic again. We wanted him to develop which wasn't going to happen in such a dominant, one team league. Anyway we relented & he got his way, but he was injured quite early on & spent long spell out. When he came back, he was never quite up to speed, so was selected sparingly, so 3 months ago he announced that next season he wants to play in the PL.
This is why I think we're prepared to cut our losses with him, because he didn't show the right mentality to push & prove himself as we hoped. Hence he's now effectively up for sale. I like Demerai Gray & I think him & Roberts would for a devastating wing combination given time.
That seems a shame, he’s cost himself a seasons worth of football and development in the Premier League and probably ended any chance of playing for MC in the future with that decision. I can’t see Leicester taking him to be honest. Sounds like a loan move to a Prem team where he’d start plenty of games would be useful.