Riyad Mahrez | Staying at Leicester

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For a reasonable fee (~25m) I'd take him for our right wing and sell Mata.
 
Didn't want after last season, my opinion hasn't changed.
 
I believe we need more creative players and wide men, who can hold the posession well,he's a good option.
 
If he's available for 25-30m GBP, then I think he's worth the shot. He has the talent and ability, there are obvious questions about his mindset but he doesn't have to be an automatic starter here. He wanted to leave last summer but didn't and ended up having a mediocre season where he didn't give much effort (although his performance level improved after Ranieri got fired). If I recall right, Cristiano Ronaldo's last season with us, his effort level was crap until the second half of the season when we had a good CL run to the final. Not saying Mahrez is anywhere near Cristiano's level but my point is that no one would question Ronaldo's mindset in winning, even though he only showed up for the second half of his final season for us.
 
I've watched Leicester for the best part of 10 years and Mahrez most definitely does not lack attitude. He shone in the Championship and had a tremendous defensive work rate, it was only under Ranieri that he was given a more free role.

He's been marked out for hyper-attention from opposition sides as Leicester's danger man this season but put alongside other top players he could thrive. Most definitely a Mourinho player.
 
I can see him signing for Arsenal. In fact, I can't see him signing for anyone but Arsenal
 
LawCharltonBest said:
I can see him signing for Arsenal. In fact, I can't see him signing for anyone but Arsenal
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There are some players who I can only imagine in a certain shirt and he fills this criteria exactly. Can only see him in Arsenal or Liverpool shirt. Mainly Arsenal

A replacement for Sanchez most probably.
 
LuisNaniencia said:
I'm probably being dense, but what's the relevance?
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Creativity is also vital to this team with these set of players with the workrate and directness and quality. Mourinho has understood that we like to play with the ball in a certain way and that's why Mata was not shipped on from united. Maharez do provide that.
 
Sigma said:
Didn't want after last season, my opinion hasn't changed.
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I agree, had a fantastic season in the premiership winning season and is obviously a talented player, but was it like the clubs season a purple patch in an inconsistent career?
 
jesperjaap said:
I agree, had a fantastic season in the premiership winning season and is obviously a talented player, but was it like the clubs season a purple patch in an inconsistent career?
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He contributed in ucl as well till the quarters
 
prtk0811 said:
Was mata a mourinho player? He'd suit the style we played all season.
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And did Jose sign him? That's a key difference. Jose can work with what hes got but he wont intentionally buy someone who isn't suited to the way he plays and try to fit him in.
 
ivaldo said:
And did Jose sign him? That's a key difference. Jose can work with what hes got but he wont intentionally buy someone who isn't suited to the way he plays and try to fit him in.
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The one which suits him the most may not be available.

And besides why would maharez not suit him, Leicester were a counter attacking team themselves, maharez is good at it, he's got decent delivery, hes got goals in him, hes got creative skills, he can stick wide and provide width, plus he has good workrate , little more defensive contribution can be added, plus epl experience. He perfectly suits this team as of now.

Plus he would provide tactical flexibility too in various systems in a 442 or 4231 or 433 , even 343 which is very important against top managers like klopp Conte and pep an pochh to have an extra edge.

Plus we have something to sell as well.
 
prtk0811 said:
Creativity is also vital to this team with these set of players with the workrate and directness and quality. Mourinho has understood that we like to play with the ball in a certain way and that's why Mata was not shipped on from united. Maharez do provide that.
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As ivaldo says, I think Mourinho worked with what he had with Mata. I think Mata may in fact feature less this season due to new signings. I don't think Mou would sign Mata or Mahrez and hence he's looking at players in the Perisic mould.
 
LuisNaniencia said:
As ivaldo says, I think Mourinho worked with what he had with Mata. I think Mata may in fact feature less this season due to new signings. I don't think Mou would sign Mata or Mahrez and hence he's looking at players in the Perisic mould.
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Obviously Mata will be a squad player soon, but his creativity is still very important for the team, and perisic has the engine mourinho wants , but I feel we require 2 wingers to be both epl and ucl confenders. Perisic alone would not help us in ucl. And Mata is limited on the wing,which maharez could upgrade.
 
prtk0811 said:
The one which suits him the most may not be available.

And besides why would maharez not suit him, Leicester were a counter attacking team themselves, maharez is good at it, he's got decent delivery, hes got goals in him, hes got creative skills, he can stick wide and provide width, plus he has good workrate , little more defensive contribution can be added, plus epl experience. He perfectly suits this team as of now.

Plus he would provide tactical flexibility too in various systems in a 442 or 4231 or 433 , even 343 which is very important against top managers like klopp Conte and pep an pochh to have an extra edge.

Plus we have something to sell as well.
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But there will be players who suit him better.

Ask yourself would Jose buy Mata now for this side? Unless your answer is categorcially yes you can see why it's not a good comparable.

He does not perfectly suit the team. I like Mahrez, he's a good player, but he's not a team player. It's an incredibly important feature for a Mourinho winger. Unless you're Ronaldo or Hazard, you ain't getting an easy ride and Mahrezs questionable work ethnic and attitude would not float.
 
ivaldo said:
But there will be players who suit him better.

Ask yourself would Jose buy Mata now for this side? Unless your answer is categorcially yes you can see why it's not a good comparable.

He does not perfectly suit the team. I like Mahrez, he's a good player, but he's not a team player. It's an incredibly important feature for a Mourinho winger. Unless you're Ronaldo or Hazard, you ain't getting an easy ride and Mahrezs questionable work ethnic and attitude would not float.
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Which players would suit him better yet offer creativity and width and counter attacking?

Yes Jose wouldn't buy Mata now but he has used the creativity of Mata in the final third very much this season and got the goals from him. Mata is slow so definitely is a limited player and would not lure Jose ,but from teams point of view creativity with pace and width and speed is definitely a requirement to improve the attack even further to compete and challenge for ucl. Creativity is a attribute not many players offer on a good level. Besides his work ethic is decent, not very low. Someone like perisic brings different qualities which can be countered in a high level ucl game, but creativity on the wing is a very good attribute which not many players have.

Regarding the selfishness it can really be controlled in coaching, and when the player is good enough to score some selfishness is ok, and maharez has a good shot.

He may or may not do this deal but I feel he's decent for this squad to compete against high level teams.
 
redNATION said:
I would say the opposite, won the league with Leicester, and didnt let the pressure get to him in the run in on their way to winning it. Mentally far stronger than a number of the players we have at our club at the moment.
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Definitely mentally stronger than the likes of smalling Jones Shaw and martial darmian.
 


Just look at how good he can be. You don't lose that skill overnight. Properly motivated he could be immense for us and Jose. I'd love to see us put in an offer.
 
If we go head on head with arsenal and we offer ucl we have a good chance to get him and also have players like januzaj to sell which could be good move for him as well and for Leicester.
 
As I said earlier in this thread, if it's around £25/£30m yes, if for stupid money no.

Also how does he compare to Perisic who is older?
 
spwd said:
As I said earlier in this thread, if it's around £25/£30m yes, if for stupid money no.

Also how does he compare to Perisic who is older?
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It will take around 40 m pounds to get him, and for his quality it's decent.

We could really get some money back by selling januzaj, young to China and few bucks for rooney.
 
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