Algerian international Riyad Mahrez secured his move to Premier League champions Manchester City on Tuesday, seven months after his hopes were dashed when City refused to pay Leicester’s asking price. This time though Leicester said they had sold him for what is a club-record fee, with some reports suggesting the champions paid £60 million ($79.6million), […]
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Algerian Football Federation has given Riyad Mahrez permission to leave the national team’s camp in order to complete a transfer from Leicester to “his new club”. Leicester winger Mahrez, who is admired by Barcelona, Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea had expressed his desire to leave the King Power Stadium, with Roma having already had three bids […]
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Algeria and Leicester City winger, Riyad Mahrez, has been named the African Footballer of the Year at the 2016 Glo-CAF awards held on Thursday night at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Mahrez was not the only winner, as other Africans, some Nigerians also emerged big winners in other categories. Most Promising Player of the Year Award […]
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Algeria and Leicester City winger, Riyad Mahrez, has been named the African Footballer of the Year at the 2016 Glo-CAF awards held on Thursday night at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Mahrez beat Gabonese and Burrusia Dortmund striker, Pierre Emerick Aubamenyang who was last year’s winner and Senegal’s Sadio Mane to win the award. Mahrez has scored […]
Continue ReadingAlgeria and Leicester midfielder, Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016, coming ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure.Winger Mahrez, 25, told BBC Sport: “It means a lot, it’s something big for African players so I am very happy, I am very proud. “It’s always […]
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