Vardy will start, as for Gray a lot of us want him to start on Saturday on the left wing but who knows
Riyad Mahrez | Signed new contract at Leicester City
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)Amazing player, would love if we got him, put him on the right, Mikhi goes middle, and Rooney(breaker of all forward forays) bye bye
That's a funny way of looking at it. Mahrez won the title with a team tipped for relegation, but it's Bale who did the extraordinary thing by almost taking Spurs to fourth?
No need to panic. You've entered a Spurs logic zone. Just don't make eye contact and back away slowly. Bale was fantastic at the end of his Spurs time but Leicester just accomplished something unthinkable and the 2 players who clearly provided the most production vs. the average Prem player were Mahrez at RW and Kante at CM.
Vardy scored 25, which is probably 12-14-ish more goals than you'd expect from a typical 9, Drinkwater and Schmeichel were excellent and the CB partnership excellent but I think Mahrez and Kante had the highest VORP by a fair bit if such a thing were quantifiable in football.
More on topic, I actually think Mahrez could help Arsenal win the title. If they don't sign him, the RW position is their weakest in the front 6 by a fair distance. With him, they get the best RW in the Prem the last 2 years. It's a weak position compared to LW, but still.
Arsenal can be scarily good when they're on song. If they sign him they'll be even better. Still though, they need a CB and Striker.
Seems like a shitty time to make the transfer so close to the start of the season.
We should buy him.
Martial, Mkhitaryan, Mahrez and Zlatan would be a fantastic front four.
Martial, Mkhitaryan, Mahrez and Zlatan would be a fantastic front four.
We should swap him for Rooney.
I'll let Woodward iron out any wrinkles in my master plan, if there are any.
I'll let Woodward iron out any wrinkles in my master plan, if there are any.
I wonder how much Leicester see as a value Mahrez, in a climate where Sterling was £50m, KdB £55m and Stones is £47-50m.
Player of the year should be at least £60-£70m since Leicester have no need or will to sell him.
Player of the year should be at least £60-£70m since Leicester have no need or will to sell him.
You're forgetting two of those players are English and therefore are nearly double their actual worth
You're also forgetting that all 3 of those signings were made by Man City - to whom money is no object. Believe it or not, the majority of the football world is still pretty reasonable in terms of player prices (Higuain being the obvious exception and it can probably be attributed to Juventus wanting to directly weaken their competition, attempt to take a step further to compete in Europe and knowing they are receiving a boatload for Paul Pogba anyway).
If City or United come in for the player, most clubs will concede to them.. because most can't afford the astronomical prices that United and City are willing to pay. But that does not mean that the market bends to the rules of these clubs totally.
i know it's the English players and Man City argument but again you have Watford turning down £30m for Troy Deeney, Liverpool refusing to budge on Benteke for anything less than £32.5 and Palace bringing in £30m for Bolasie.
Either way you look at this Mehrez valuation should be no less than £55m-£65m. He's only 25 and won't be 26 till February 2017.
This guy is really reliable isn't he? Damn, them getting Mahrez would be great. We should go in for him!
Carried them to 5th place where they always finish anyway. Actually that's a lie, they finished 4th the season before Bale famously carried them to glory.
Not to say Bale's individual season wasn't better than Mahrez. That's fair. The correct answer is clearly Suarez though. He might have actually carried Pool to the title if it weren't for that meddling Gerrard.
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What an horrendous post. Bale "carrying" Tottenham to 5th place is somehow better than Mahrez carrying fecking Leicester to the League title.
"Nowhere near" ffs.
Does he have to give the car back if he signs for Arsenal?
We should be all over him too.
1. He is a top player
2. Would make our squad more formidable
3. Stop a rival getting him - if Jose can beat Wenger to a signing I'm sure he'd love that just for the shits and giggles
1. He is a top player
2. Would make our squad more formidable
3. Stop a rival getting him - if Jose can beat Wenger to a signing I'm sure he'd love that just for the shits and giggles
Smaller clubs are paying around 30 Million pounds for average players. Mahrez is worth way too much than that. If Arsenal gets him for below 40 Million then they should get all the praises they deserve.
I hope he stays for another season at Leicester - then we go for him next season. I'd love him here - he would have been my number 1 signing - but seeing that we signed Miki, and guessing Rooney will continue to play and start this season, I just can't see us going for him now.
Looked lazy and uninterested. Needless to say he wants out.
He would be a great signing...but it means Miki being moved in to 10. Which means Rooney doesn't play. Which means this will never happen.
He would be a very good player for Arsenal and he will suits their tactic dynamic and technics very well.
I can see him combining so well with Bellerin and Ozil.
They'll be very dangerous to handle this season with him, Xhaka and maybe Mustafi
I can see him combining so well with Bellerin and Ozil.
They'll be very dangerous to handle this season with him, Xhaka and maybe Mustafi
Leicester shouldn't accept less then £50m in my opinion, and probably hold out for £60.
If Bolasie can go for £30m, then Mahrez should be way above that.
i was watching Mahrez rip up City at the Etihad as he took Leicester City to the Premiership title, not a player help a team go up a few places in the league and only got player of the year coz Suarez decided to bite some one.
If LCFC sell for less than £60, they shouuld feel mugged.
Good player but no room for him in a squad that's already struggling to get players in. Also I'm not sure he can make the step up to a big club, very different pressure pulling on a Leicester shirt than Utd, Arsenal or Chelsea.
Don't see it happening.
Mahrez or Ozil to United next summer to replace Rooney.
Mahrez or Ozil to United next summer to replace Rooney.
It can happen. has only two years left and Mourinho is always waxing lyrical. He would be 29 though. I can't see us paying what Arsenal would want.
He'd significantly improve Arsenal. Although Arsenal still has holes in their defense and striker position.
I don't get the point of them buying Mahrez with no striker skilled enough to convert his passes. Mahrez had Vardy in front of him last season, not Giroud who went missing for 2 months or so.
What an horrendous post. Bale "carrying" Tottenham to 5th place is somehow better than Mahrez carrying fecking Leicester to the League title.
"Nowhere near" ffs.
A horrendous post yet you have not a single clue on what the word "carrying" means? Mahrez did not carry Leicester, especially when you consider that they had (at least on form) the best striker and midfielder in the league. Mahrez was a key player in a good team. Not to mention the rest of the team constantly pushing out top class performances way above their levels like Morgan and Drinkwater. Tottenham that season had a pile of average dross around Bale
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