Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez affirms Arsenal approach

Riyad Mahrez has affirmed Arsenal attempted to sign him the previous summer

Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez has affirmed Arsenal attempted to sign him the previous summer yet the Premier League champions declined to offer.

Mahrez, who was a key segment in Leicester's walk to the title last season, was consistently connected with a move to the Emirates Stadium amid the exchange window yet a move never emerged.

Be that as it may, the Algeria global has uncovered there was an approach from Arsenal however he declined to compel through a move with Claudio Ranieri resolved to keep him at the King Power Stadium.

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"There was contact with Arsenal," Mahrez told Canal Football Club.

"Be that as it may, Leicester needed to keep me and I was entirely costly.

"I would not like to make a contention when the offer came in."

Mahrez in the end drew a line under the theory encompassing his future by marking another agreement with Leicester, binds him to the club until 2020.

The 25-year-old, who was named PFA Player of the Year last season, has so far neglected to experience the statures of last season, scoring once in seven appearances in the Premier League.

What's more, Mahrez, who scored 17 objectives in the group last season, demands he needs to substantiate himself at the end of the day in the wake of selecting to stay with Leicester.


"By and by, I think it is ideal I stayed put," Mahrez included.

"It's presently up to me to substantiate myself once more."

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