Riyad eyes cut-price departure
RIYAD MAHREZ wants Leicester to reduce his massive price tag as he steps up his efforts to quit.
The Foxes are determined to demand £40-50million for the attacking Algeria star.
Last season’s PFA player of the year has asked to leave but doesn’t have a buy-out clause.
He ideally wants to join a club in the Champions League after producing his best displays this term in Leicester’s run to the quarter-finals.
But Mahrez has three years left on his £100,000a-week contract – signed in the wake of winning the Premier League title last summer – and Leicester want top dollar from potential buyers.
Monaco are favourites for his signature amid talk their star may Kylian Mbappe go, while Arsenal are also interested.
But Mahrez, 26, believes he has given good service to Leicester after costing just £400,000 from French club Le Havre in 2014, and feels City’s valuation of him is prohibitive.