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Algerian international Riyadh Mahrez assured his transfer to Manchester City Tuesday, the Premier League champions paying 60 million pounds ($ 79.6 million) for the winger.
Seven months after City's refusal to pay Leicester claimed a price of £ 80 million, having offered £ 50 million plus young winger Patrick Roberts, who was valued at £ 15 million.
This time however Leicester said that they had sold him in a 27-year-old club-record contract
– a key figure when Leicester stormed the title of Premier League in 2016 – signed a five-year contract.
"I am delighted to have joined City, a team that plays football under Pep Guardiola," Mahrez told the Manchester City site
"Watching them from afar was a pleasure." [19659006"Pepisdeterminedtoplayoffensivefootballwhichisperfectformeandtheperformancesoflastseasonwereremarkable"19659002] Mahrez, who was so upset not to win his move to City early in the year Year, he held two games, said his new club revolutionized the game in England.
"They are redefining the English game and I wanted to be part of it," said "I think we can succeed in the years to come and I believe that my own game can develop under Pep's direction."
Txiki Begiristain's football director said that Mahrez's offensive qualities went even further. to one side that already has an abundance of talent such as Kevin De Bruyne, Leroy Sane and Sergio Aguero.
"Riyadh is an extremely talented player, he defeats the defenders and creates space," said Begiristain
"In recent years, he has imposed himself as one of the most most exciting players of the Premier League.
"We are sure that it will bring an additional quality of attack"
Leicester paid a full tribute to the star who s & # 39; is ok.
"Since Riyad signed for the foxes four and a half years ago, he has pioneered a journey into the heart of the city of Leicester. [traduction] "His moments of magic will be remembered for a long time as the club and its fans continue to build a long-term legacy for the success of the teams Riyadh has contributed so memorable. "
Leicester – who saw from other key players on this team that won the title, as N & # 39; Golo Kante in Chelsea – can afford to be generous in his words because he made a huge profit on Mahrez, who signed French side Le Havre for only £ 450,000 in 2014. [19659002] Mahrez – who made 179 The appearances for Leicester, scoring 48 times – became international for his country in June and the writing was on the wall when Leicester allowed him to extend his playing time.
The Foxes are also better prepared to leave this time than they bought James Maddison, of Norwich's second-tier City for £ 2m earlier in the closed season
Mahrez, with striker Jamie Vardy and midfielder Kante, became stars in 2016 while Italian manager Claudio Ranieri
Mahrez has scored 17 goals in this campaign and, after signing a contract of four years, played a major role in the club reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League in 2016/17, with four goals.
The Serie A club of Roma followed it last summer but was frustrated because several deals, with the highest 32 million pounds, were far from Leicester's expectations.
Manchester City have also been linked to midfielder Napoli, Jorginho, and the Italian international was reportedly excluded from his pre-season training camp.
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