CITY’S MAHREZ BID SIMPLY BUSINESS

MANCHESTER CITY will be accused of destabilising Riyad Mahrez (right), having failed in a deadline day bid, but what could they do? The offer, £60m, was very reasonable, Leicester’s request, nearer £100m, was too much. So the deal did not get done. That’s not an offence — that’s business. The right to say yes, the right to say no.