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Algerian international Riyad Mahrez, the British champion with Leicester in 2016, has signed a five-year contract with Manchester City, the British club announced on Tuesday.
The amount of the transfer was not disclosed . According to Leicester, the player would have been sold for a sum that would be a record for the club, while several information estimate that amount to 60 million pounds (1965 million).
"The best things happen to those who know how to wait … "Tuesday Manchester City on his Twitter account, with a video welcoming Mahrez.
Arrived from Le Havre (L2) in 2014 for nearly 452,000 euros, the 27-year-old striker had already made the subject of advances from the leaders of the Citizens at the beginning of the year. The latter had proposed in January 56.5 million euros and for the young winger or offensive midfielder Patrick Roberts, whose transfer value is estimated at 17 million euros, in the transaction.
After the refusal of Foxes, who claimed 90 million euros, Rihad Mahrez had expressed his dissatisfaction by going on strike for fifteen days during which he had not played any matches.
"I am so happy to join City, who plays a extraordinary football under the direction of Pep Guardiola, "said Tuesday the Algerian striker on the site of Manchester City, who finished at the top of the English league last season.
" I think we can have great success together in the next few years, and I think that my game can still develop thanks to Pep ", he added.
Author of 17 goals in the incredible season of the title obtained in Leicester under the orders of the Italian coach Claudio Ranieri, Mahrez won the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year Award in 2016.
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