well if the Neymar to PSG rumour is true that could kick start the market and a number of moves after Barca buy their replacement
Riyad Mahrez | Staying at Leicester
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Closer to the end of the window it gets the lower that price becomes. Leicester know he wants to leave and they want to sell him imo. I think Mahrez will go for around 25 to 30m, and will probably be a desperation signing for someone closer to the end of the window. Might even be us, but more likely to be Arsenal. They could miss out on Lemar, and be forced to sell Alexis for big money, but they could probably save some face by signing Mahrez late on and fairly cheaply.
The club have said all along they don't want to sell and we have no need to sell he has 3 years on his contract.
You also have it backwards closer to deadline the higher the price in transfers
You also have it backwards closer to deadline the higher the price in transfers
The club always say they don't want to sell simply to encourage larger bids. They already have Gray in reserve, Mahrez heart is not in Leicester anymore, and he will bring in a decent fee. He will be sold this window imo.
Not always, prices don't always go up. That happens when clubs are desperate to buy a player, and the player's club don't want to sell. They can usually name their price under those conditions.
But in this case, Mahrez hasn't got the form to demand £50m for him, there are no obvious buyers, and any future interest will be severely reduced by those prices. So by the end of the window Leicester's need to sell will increase, and the best chance of them doing that will be to reduce the asking price.
Although, i will agree with you that if Leicester genuinely don't want to sell, and they believe that an unhappy Mahrez will somehow be of more benefit to them next year than 30m would be this window, then good luck to them. But i doubt that will be the case personally.
This lad reiterating his desire to leave, Roma for €40m is the rumoured move.
Worth a go at the price?
Worth a go at the price?
Totally yes a bargain really.
I think he would be perfect for us.
Still not sure if he is a genuine quality player or if he just had a season of a lifetime with form that he'll never replicate.
I think he's great. Mourinho would never go for him though.
Nah. He's definitely a very good, talented player. A matchwinner in his day. If we can get him motivated he would be very useful.
Fergie would have signed him last summer I think.
Absolutely not because he's not flavour of the month.
We're an English Premier League club ffs, what we need to do is wait until he has a good season for Roma then bid £90m.
Have some self respect.
We won't be given such a discount on the price.
Absolutely the wrong player for a Mourinho side. It is telling that no one is really in for him.
Wasn't too interested in us signing him earlier but given our lack of interest in good attacking midfielders I wouldn't Mahrez. We desperately need a right winger yet there appears to be nothing in the pipeline.
I wouldn't mind the gamble, so long as it's a decent fee. No need to waste money that could be saved for a better player. IE No need to go higher than £30m. If Leicester refuse then we move on swiftly.
Roma won't get him for €40m, £40m maybe, andy premier league club interested,of which there are zero would have to pay £50m.
Mahrez really needs to take a long hard look at who he has "advising" him, they are making him look like a really deluded twat, even by football standards
Mahrez really needs to take a long hard look at who he has "advising" him, they are making him look like a really deluded twat, even by football standards
Rather have him stay in the PL. Why aren't Arsenal interested?
they want Lemar, Monaco won't sell so Wenger keeps bidding so he can look like he's trying
Mahrez would be great at Arsenal, but Wenger doesn't want to spend money which is why he's going after players he can't sign. He has a whole list of players he 'almost' signed he likes to reel off so people can see what a 'genius' he is and how close to being a superclub Arsenal 'could' have been. He's only interested in the financial side of it, which is why so many players are nearing the end of their contracts- they've cottoned on to his lack of interest in winning anything and it's all falling apart. It's sad to see to be honest.
Mahrez shouldn't be going to obscurity in Roma, he should be playing for a big club. At Arsenal he'd be lost in their complete mess of tactical idiocy and played out of position like most of their players are. Probably out next to Xhaka in midfield so Ramsey can be played wide right and continue to be a scapegoat for Wenger's terrible management. He's obsessed with repositioning players since it worked with Petit (CD to MF) and Henry (Winger to CF). Oxlade-Chamberlain (clearly a winger) is usually played CM or now a RWB.
With Mahrez he's obviously a creative winger who can also play as a number 10 and it would be hard to play him anywhere else. He's the type we need and I think he'd be excellent. Hate seeing real talent wasted so I really hate seeing him linked to Arsenal constantly. The concept they play amazing football is a complete fabrication.
My family are mainly Arsenal fans and I was basically told I was a fan until I decided that my gran being from Prestwich and a mad Utd fan in her 80's (sadly passed away), the fact I watched most Utd matches, all my favourite players were Utd players and I had read many Man Utd player biographies but not a single Arsenal one (had 1 Arsenal shirt as a present which I gave the wife when she was painting) and owned in my lifetime a dozen or so Utd shirts (sadly
given some to charity now I'm older and larger) made me realise I had to stop
referring to them as my 'second team' and follow what I felt.
Arsenal are a soulless club in my opinion, all about profit and had a successful spell when Wenger walked into a club with 3/4 players away from being a great team. Since then they've lied about wanting to build from the ground up (moment they had the money look at how weak their youth development has been) and they had a system in which any player over 30 could only have 1 year contracts. That's disgraceful. People wondering why Arsenal aren't in for him is not fair on the player- it's not a lack of quality, it's that Wenger isn't the genius he wants the world to think he is and he may not get Mahrez to play to the level he was when Leicester won the league. He'd look like the average tactician he is.
Apologies all for this rant but this is a POTY who should be at a Utd or Barcelona (not that I like them) not settling for a deadend career with a club with no ambition above getting champions league revenue.
Mahrez shouldn't be going to obscurity in Roma, he should be playing for a big club. At Arsenal he'd be lost in their complete mess of tactical idiocy and played out of position like most of their players are. Probably out next to Xhaka in midfield so Ramsey can be played wide right and continue to be a scapegoat for Wenger's terrible management. He's obsessed with repositioning players since it worked with Petit (CD to MF) and Henry (Winger to CF). Oxlade-Chamberlain (clearly a winger) is usually played CM or now a RWB.
With Mahrez he's obviously a creative winger who can also play as a number 10 and it would be hard to play him anywhere else. He's the type we need and I think he'd be excellent. Hate seeing real talent wasted so I really hate seeing him linked to Arsenal constantly. The concept they play amazing football is a complete fabrication.
My family are mainly Arsenal fans and I was basically told I was a fan until I decided that my gran being from Prestwich and a mad Utd fan in her 80's (sadly passed away), the fact I watched most Utd matches, all my favourite players were Utd players and I had read many Man Utd player biographies but not a single Arsenal one (had 1 Arsenal shirt as a present which I gave the wife when she was painting) and owned in my lifetime a dozen or so Utd shirts (sadly
given some to charity now I'm older and larger) made me realise I had to stop
referring to them as my 'second team' and follow what I felt.
Arsenal are a soulless club in my opinion, all about profit and had a successful spell when Wenger walked into a club with 3/4 players away from being a great team. Since then they've lied about wanting to build from the ground up (moment they had the money look at how weak their youth development has been) and they had a system in which any player over 30 could only have 1 year contracts. That's disgraceful. People wondering why Arsenal aren't in for him is not fair on the player- it's not a lack of quality, it's that Wenger isn't the genius he wants the world to think he is and he may not get Mahrez to play to the level he was when Leicester won the league. He'd look like the average tactician he is.
Apologies all for this rant but this is a POTY who should be at a Utd or Barcelona (not that I like them) not settling for a deadend career with a club with no ambition above getting champions league revenue.
Going for him would be a no brainer in my opinion.
40 or 50 Mio no matter - in this market a bargain.
40 or 50 Mio no matter - in this market a bargain.
What the?? I'd prefer you say you're not a huge fan of my club or the Italian League. But saying we're not a big club is just not accurate.
Do you think comparing Roma to Tottenham would be fair? It's nothing like obscurity, I agree.
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Obviously Roma isn't obscure but I'd like to see Mahrez stay in the PL. When he's on form he is an absolute joy to watch.
Apologies for any offence, I certainly don't see Roma as a small Club. In my opinion you have the BIG clubs, by that I mean Barcelona, Man Utd, Liverpool (have to say), Real Madrid, Bayern and Juventus. Then there are big clubs like Tottenham, Arsenal, Inter, AC Milan, Roma, B.Dortmund, Marseille (bigger club than PSG) Man City, Chelsea.....
And by 'obscurity' I mean the average TV audience per game is much higher for EPL games than in the Italian league. He would then need to play to the same standards as when he played in his POTY season to stand out. If we look at basic social media to give a comparison Roma have 1.42m followers on Twitter on their official account. Man Utd have 12.7m. Leicester City have 1.02m. That's not comparing Roma (big club with more history than Leicester) that's just to show how much interest there is in the EPL at the moment so moving to Man Utd compared to most other clubs would bring more 'fame'. Totti for example, had he been playing for Real Madrid, would have been a global superstar up with Ronaldo, Messi, etc. Doesn't mean Roma aren't a big club. Again apologies if it was taken as my being dismissive of Roma. All the best for next season!
Roma are guaranteed to be in the Cl, Arsenal will be fighting for 5th at best, Roma are also the most likely to beat Juventus for the title, for what its worth Mahrez wants Roma, Roma just won't pay up
Roma is a fine club for Mahrez to go to. You people do realise he's at Leicester City.
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I once got battered for backing up mahrez but i still think we should go for him in a price between 25 to 35 miln.
No brainer at that price. Unless we have someone better in mind.
Who cares if Roma don't have as many Twitter followers as Stoke or Burnley, they're an excellent team playing attacking football in a league where the defending champions just got to a CL final. It's probably the best thing for his career to go there and fill the void of Salah, away from the spotlight of the British press.
we can name our own prices now? I'm sure Real Madrid will be more than happy they can now get DDG for £2.50
We should be starting somewhere. Considering the transfer season is almost over and mahrez definitely wants out, we can negotiate at a price thats decent for both of us.
I would be more than happy to bring him in. As I've stressed many times - I could give two s***s about the price paid. Transfer fee's mean nothing to me.
It's obvious, based on his PL winning season, that when he wants to wake up and make a statement - he is more than capable. He did not care last year and ultimately, this affected him. Despite all this, he's a lazy boy in defense. Mourinho ain't going to tolerate that.
It's obvious, based on his PL winning season, that when he wants to wake up and make a statement - he is more than capable. He did not care last year and ultimately, this affected him. Despite all this, he's a lazy boy in defense. Mourinho ain't going to tolerate that.
he has 3 years on his current contract and we don't want to sell ,there is no negotiation to be had, we have set a price, pay it or we don't sell
This may very well be true. There is the consideration that the player quite clearly whats out though. He was shite last year and if, in my opinion, he is kept beyond his wishes this term, you'll see a repeat of very underwhelming performances. There has to be a point where the club say - 'we might as well cash in while we can. All be it, for less than we expected'.
or they say to him how much interest is there going to be in someone who is so clearly unprofessional as to down tools for 2 seasons in a row after signing a contract for £100k a week, maybe if you hadn't been such a sulky little shit last season and actually played to the best of your ability there would be some genuine interest in you from someone other than Roma?
While the above is indeed true, I can't see many continental footballers turning down Roma for Leicester - with respect.
again this is the point you're missing he doesn't have that choice unless we agree to sell, he signed a 4 years contract this time last year, he has the world's dumbest agent that seems to believe there is interest where there isn't any.
Radio Leicester had a journalist on from Gazzetta Dello Sport the other weak, he is Roma's top target so eventually they will pay what we want, they are just dragging their feet in the mistaken belief we are negotiating when we aren't, the clubs stance is clear, he's not for sale
Bit late to jump on our bandwagon i'd think.
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