Riyad Mahrez to Manchester City: Terms nearly agreed for Leicester City star

Riyad Mahrez’s impending move to Manchester City is nearing its completion, with terms nearly agreed for the Leicester City winger.

According to the Daily Mail, the Citizens’ director of football Txiki Begiristain is very close to finalising the terms as well the structure of the fee to be paid to the Foxes.

In all probability, the move will go through sooner rather than later, so Riyad Mahrez can join the Manchester City camp for the pre-season and adapt to the Pep Guardiola way of doing things.

The Algerian will become the second most expensive signing in Premier League history, being second only to Manchester United’s Paul Pogba, who was signed for £90 million from Juventus in the summer of 2016.

Riyad Mahrez’s move to the Etihad Stadium had initially been seen as an opportunity to bring the talented Patrick Roberts to Leicester City; however, the Citizens, it seems, weren’t very much in favour of a cash-plus-player deal (£50 million and Roberts).

But Leicester won’t care much, seeing as there is no shortage of proven talents that they can buy with the money that they’ll be getting for the 27-year old winger.

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Wilfred Zaha, who had an astonishing season, Hatem Ben Arfa and Jack Grealish have all been touted as potential replacements, though Claude Puel is yet to specifically pursue either of those players.

Grealish in particular would be a stunning coup if Leicester can sign him. Although not a direct replacement, he has shown in the past that there’s a lot that he can do from the middle of the park.