Riyad Mahrez will remain at Leicester.
The PFA Player of the Year for last season has signed a new deal with the defending champions to keep him at the King Power Stadium until 2020.
He's signed! 📝#lcfc magician @Mahrez22 commits future with new deal to 2020!
Full story: https://t.co/t2PrGpmOJo pic.twitter.com/cRSTwNJq5a
— Leicester City (@LCFC) August 17, 2016
Mahrez was a key component in Leicester’s title-winning side last season, scoring 17 goals and assisting 11 others in his 37 league games for the club during their historic run to become champions of England.
His performances led to speculation that he would make like N’Golo Kante and leave Claudio Ranieri and co, but just like Jamie Vardy he resisted the approaches of a certain team based in North London and remained.
Arsenal fans had spent the summer begging Arsene Wenger to make a move for the pacey Algerian, but as soon as the winger’s new deal with Leicester was announced, the tone started to shift among Arsenal fans as they began to deny they were ever in for him in the first place.
Mahrez signed a new contract I didn't want him anyway
— Sam (@iwobiflick17) August 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/Malexcr/status/765979697452818432
Mahrez was shit anyway
— Average Gunner (@averagegunner) August 17, 2016
While the rest of us are gushing over the 25-year-old’s skills, only Arsenal fans can peek through the facade and see Mahrez for what he truly is – a fraud.
Mahrez is a fraud anyway, step over merchant. Guarantee he will flop this season and get relegated with Leicester.
— DP (@Xhakafc) August 17, 2016
That’s because Mahrez is just a cheap imitation of [insert overhyped Arsenal player’s name here].
https://twitter.com/carlespuyol54g/status/765978457981542400
https://twitter.com/minemsam/status/765978539652964352
Walcott is better than Mahrez so I am not worried at all, I trust in my manager, my hero, my inspiration, my Arsene Wenger
— 🧢 (@inverthis) August 17, 2016
For others, it saved them an unnecessary selection headache.
I already had three Arsenal players on my fantasy team anyway. Wouldn't have been able to fix Mahrez in.
— Dr. Mohammed Amali 🇳🇬 (@MoAmali) August 17, 2016
