Riyad Mahrez to Arsenal
Arsenal are after another Leicester City attacker, and this time it is Riyad Mahrez. The winger has long been subject of rumours of a move away from the Foxes, with the Mirror reporting that Arsenal have made their interest clear with a concrete £41.8m bid.
Experts say: The British media are widely reporting this as a likely deal, with French journalists with sources in Mahrez’s camp also noting that the Foxes’ star wants to leave. Here is a Twitter translation of the usually reliable Mohamed Bouhafsi’s most recent tweets on the subject
Our take: Claudio Ranieri already worked his charm in convincing Jamie Vardy to stay, however Mahrez might take much more convincing, as Arsene Wenger has made his admiration of the Algerian winger clear. Arsenal might offset their failed pursuits of strikers with a goal-scoring winger, although Ranieri’s insistence that Mahrez will stay throughout the summer might mean that the Gunners will fail in another high-profile pursuit due to their characteristic parsimony and Leicester holding all the cards.
Chances of it happening: 4/10
