Mahrez to Man City shock

[weller54]

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

Goodbye our sweet prince, you have been the one, you have been the one for me. 

That's putting it Bluntly! 

[OhYesNdidi]

1 minute ago, foxile5 said:

Removing his transfer request in time for the new bid reveals what type of person he is. Not this humble, shy guy who happens to be good - another money grasping asshole. 

 

This isn't career progression. This is a cash grab. Good riddance to him. He's talented, oh yes, but he's also disloyal and greedy. 

How isn't career progression? He's about to play for the best team in the country, with some of the best players in the world, under the best manager in the world. Mahrez will also get to play in the champions league - he will take sterlings place next season. £70m ish is a good deal for both parties IMO. 

[foxile5]

Just now, OhYesNdidi said:

How isn't career progression? He's about to play for the best team in the country, with some of the best players in the world, under the best manager in the world. Mahrez will also get to play in the champions league - he will take sterlings place next season. £70m ish is a good deal for both parties IMO. 

Then surely he'd be happy to stand by his guns and leave his transfer request in. Obviously that loyalty bonus he now stands to pocket was burning in his mind. 

 

He won't get to play as regularly as he would here. There will be more silverware, of course, but it's about the money isn't it? He removed his transfer request a week or two ago. Why would he do that? If not to profit from the club who gave him a break? Would you do that? Seems a disloyal and greedy thing to me. 

[Guest]

16 hours ago, Sunbury Fox said:

My eyes tell me that Mahrez is a very special player. Obviously, you'll never agree, given your rather strange dislike of him. We'll agree to disagree. 

 

No, we agree. He is a special player.

 

14 hours ago, MC Prussian said:

... on their bench.

 

Ready for the hate messages?

 

1 hour ago, Buce said:

 

Not even close, mate. He's not even our greatest current player, IMO.

 

He's wonderfully gifted, sublimely skilful and - on his day - is unplayable, but as @Markyblue says, there is more to greatness than that.

Ready for the hate messages?

 

42 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

His goals and assists and ability to win games for us on his own marks him down as the greatest of all time with Vardy. So many times in 15/16 season he was the difference, he is a gift of several generations. We've been blessed with him and Vardy. Incredible, the pair of them. 

 

Typical comment from a sector of the fans - and by the way I like your posting this isn't personal - Everything is down to the stats of assists and goals. Defenders and Keepers and midfielders aren't supposed to be getting the assists and goals but that doesn't make them worse than the few attackers that are piad to do it. It was clear that Kanté was a better player and more important than even Mahrez during his good season. That's why we though of Kanté as the equivalent of 2 players - we've never though that of Riyad. I'm also not the only one who has suggested that the best player since his arrival until the beginning of this season was Robert Huth who also doesn't have the assists and goals stats of mahrez or even Schlupp. Mahrez is a great little player but he hasn't been our best player even over the last few years, let alone of all time. He does control a ball and pass it extremely well though.

[OhYesNdidi]

4 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

Then surely he'd be happy to stand by his guns and leave his transfer request in. Obviously that loyalty bonus he now stands to pocket was burning in his mind. 

 

He won't get to play as regularly as he would here. There will be more silverware, of course, but it's about the money isn't it? He removed his transfer request a week or two ago. Why would he do that? If not to profit from the club who gave him a break? Would you do that? Seems a disloyal and greedy thing to me. 

I assume he was told that Leicester would try and get a deal sorted, so the transfer request didn't mean anything. Anyway, Riyad will still play 40 + games next season and will the starting RW for them. It's not like when drinkwater left, Mahrez actually has a chance of playing at the top level (Like Kante) because he has genuine word class ability 

Edited 27 May 2018 by OhYesNdidi

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, OhYesNdidi said:

How isn't career progression? He's about to play for the best team in the country, with some of the best players in the world, under the best manager in the world. Mahrez will also get to play in the champions league - he will take sterlings place next season. £70m ish is a good deal for both parties IMO. 

Are you guardiola in disguise?

 

Personally don't see this happening and expect him to be a rotation player from the bench. Winning trophies and playing in the CL will be a career progression - same could be said about Danny this season, he could have an cup winner's medal too and will be in a european playing squad next year with a good chance of a Europa cup winner's medal at the end of it.

 

£75m is a good price and I think people will be surprised at how little we miss him. I'll wager that we get at least as many points next season as we did this season.

[OhYesNdidi]

3 minutes ago, FIF said:

Are you guardiola in disguise?

 

Personally don't see this happening and expect him to be a rotation player from the bench. Winning trophies and playing in the CL will be a career progression - same could be said about Danny this season, he could have an cup winner's medal too and will be in a european playing squad next year with a good chance of a Europa cup winner's medal at the end of it.

 

£75m is a good price and I think people will be surprised at how little we miss him. I'll wager that we get at least as many points next season as we did this season.

Guardiola seemed pretty fed up due to Sterling continuously missing from 5 yards out  anyway, drinkwater was never going to play for Chelsea, he wouldn't even start for us now. Considering Chelsea sold Chalobah and loaned out loftus cheek, the drinkwater deal was ridiculous by them (good for us though).

Edited 27 May 2018 by OhYesNdidi

[foxile5]

1 minute ago, OhYesNdidi said:

I assume he was told that Leicester would try and get a deal sorted, so the transfer request didn't mean anything. Anyway, Riyad will still play 40 + games next season and will the starting RW for them. It's not like when drinkwater left, Mahrez actually has a chance of playing at the top level (Like Kante) because he has genuine word class ability 

 

The transfer request means the difference between loyalty bonus and not. If it doesn't mean anything why publicly retract it?

 

I'm glad you're delighted to accept our position as worthless peons who should accept players forcing their moves. Great fan. 

 

Fundamentally you're sticking up for a player who is making sure he gets every penny he can from our club, who has refused to play because he didn't get his way and co-opted depression to try d garner public sympathy making himself look a **** in the process. All because you think we should cow-tow to a 'big team'. Your 'world class' talent has been booted out of the piss-poor Algeria team for his garbage attitude remember. 

 

Why don't you go and support Man City? You clearly have a dim view of Leicester. 

[Fightforever]

This day was coming for a long time. 

I don't know what to say.

 

This is nearing the end of the title winners 

Vardy will lose his pace eventually 

we're moving on at last.

maybe we're destined for further glory

Either way this is an era coming to an end. 

 

 

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, OhYesNdidi said:

Guardiola seemed pretty fed up due to Sterling continuously missing from 5 yards out  anyway, drinkwater was never going to play for Chelsea, he wouldn't even start for us now. Considering Chelsea sold Chalobah and loaned out loftus cheek, the drinkwater deal was ridiculous by them (good for us though).

 

I think you're misreading Guardiola. If you're right I'd happily take Sterling in exchange/part exchange for Mahrez. He'd be great linking up with Vardy and Iheanacho. Personally think Sterling keeps his starting job at mancs.

[OhYesNdidi]

3 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

The transfer request means the difference between loyalty bonus and not. If it doesn't mean anything why publicly retract it?

 

I'm glad you're delighted to accept our position as worthless peons who should accept players forcing their moves. Great fan. 

 

Fundamentally you're sticking up for a player who is making sure he gets every penny he can from our club, who has refused to play because he didn't get his way and co-opted depression to try d garner public sympathy making himself look a **** in the process. All because you think we should cow-tow to a 'big team'. Your 'world class' talent has been booted out of the piss-poor Algeria team for his garbage attitude remember. 

 

Why don't you go and support Man City? You clearly have a dim view of Leicester. 

Surely the fact he's already put a transfer request in means he loses his bonus? 

Edited 27 May 2018 by OhYesNdidi

[OhYesNdidi]

Just now, FIF said:

I think you're misreading Guardiola. If you're right I'd happily take Sterling in exchange/part exchange for Mahrez. He'd be great linking up with Vardy and Iheanacho. Personally think Sterling keeps his starting job at mancs.

Just gonna have to agree to disagree. Sterling dosent pull up any trees for England when he's not surrounded by WC players. 

[foxile5]

Nope. Only if actively seeking a move. We've been negotiating with Man City since January (as pointed out in the Merc). This isn't a surprise. Why would he do if it he knew he was moving on? 

[Wymsey]

Can imagine a handful of supporters booing him when he plays at the King Power Stadium for the opposition side, completely forgetting what he's done for the club temporarily.

[stix]

10 minutes ago, OhYesNdidi said:

Guardiola seemed pretty fed up due to Sterling continuously missing from 5 yards out  

 

 

Apart from the 23 times last season that he didn’t miss. 

 

Sterling won’t be losing his place to anybody next season. 

[foxile5]

Just now, Wymeswold fox said:

Can imagine a handful of supporters booing him when he plays at the King Power Stadium for the opposition side, completely forgetting what he's done for the club temporarily.

Like he's refused to play for us and treated the club as though we owe him? Completely forgetting that he was playing for a French reserve team before we took him, trained him and made him a multi millionaire? 

 

Yeah. We should sit outside of the stadium with palm leaves, to make sure his feet don't touch the floor. 

 

It isn't much to expect public decorum from players. He hasn't showed any has he? Good footballer or not. 

[FOXSE]

1 minute ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Can imagine a handful of supporters booing him when he plays at the King Power Stadium for the opposition side, completely forgetting what he's done for the club temporarily.

I would expect mahrez insisting on a John-Terry-style clause preventing him playing against the club he really loves!

[MC Prussian]

13 minutes ago, FIF said:

Ready for the hate messages?

Don't think it's about hate messages. Though I see where you're coming from.

 

You can appreciate what Mahrez has done for the club and consider him an extremely talented player. His skill and ability just sometimes and unfortunately is overshadowed by his personality off the pitch and the fact that he has been badly advised in the past. The two transfer requests. Not honoring his contract. Sitting out weeks, spitting a dummy. Not showing up for about ten matches in the second half of this past season. Not something I'd want to aspire to if I wanted to become a pro footballer.

 

It's been a joy watching Riyad on the pitch for most part and the fact that we only paid £400'000 for him and looking at his value now is a Football Manager's dream, just adds to the whole saga of us getting back to the Premier League and winning the title two years ago.

 

A terrific gain from a financial and sportive perspective (with a few odd moments here and there) - from a personal point of view, he's turned into a whiny, ungrateful bitch since we won the league and that puts a dampener on things for me. Not been the same ever since.

In the end, you win and lose as a team. He was the element that added some much-needed flair. But that's it, just one element as part of a whole. When we praise Mahrez, we ought to praise all the players that made the Miracle On Grass happen, also.

[Gerard]

15 minutes ago, FIF said:

Are you guardiola in disguise?

 

Personally don't see this happening and expect him to be a rotation player from the bench. Winning trophies and playing in the CL will be a career progression - same could be said about Danny this season, he could have an cup winner's medal too and will be in a european playing squad next year with a good chance of a Europa cup winner's medal at the end of it.

 

£75m is a good price and I think people will be surprised at how little we miss him. I'll wager that we get at least as many points next season as we did this season.

 

I can't believe people think Sterling will keep him out the team. I wouldn't be surprised if Mahrez is acclaimed their best player this time next season.

[weller54]

Bye bye Riyad!.. 

Thanks for your contribution (when you could be arsed)... 

Hopefully you'll grow up a bit when you're a little fish in a big pond at MC!

[Guest bennytwohats]

8 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

Like he's refused to play for us and treated the club as though we owe him? Completely forgetting that he was playing for a French reserve team before we took him, trained him and made him a multi millionaire? 

 

Yeah. We should sit outside of the stadium with palm leaves, to make sure his feet don't touch the floor. 

 

It isn't much to expect public decorum from players. He hasn't showed any has he? Good footballer or not. 

Dude you sound incredibly bitter about this.

 

Yeah he’s made a few hiccups along the way, but he’s given the clubs/fans so much to celebrate.

 

We’ve done a lot for him, he’s done a lot for us. We have kept him for two years longer than most expected us too, now he’s likely going for a fair price. To stay would be holding back his career.

 

This should be completely amicable for all parties.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

9 minutes ago, Gerard said:

 

I can't believe people think Sterling will keep him out the team. I wouldn't be surprised if Mahrez is acclaimed their best player this time next season.

Man City won the league by the proverbial country mile. He'll have to earn a place in that side, it won't be handed to him on a plate.

[foxfanazer]

#announceMehrez

[richardsfoxes]

Crazy reading some of the comments about Riyad, literally got one of the best match winners in the league you can literally count on one hand players who can do what he can in this league, that's why Man City want him.

[Ric Flair]

31 minutes ago, FIF said:

 

No, we agree. He is a special player.

 

 

Ready for the hate messages?

 

Ready for the hate messages?

 

 

Typical comment from a sector of the fans - and by the way I like your posting this isn't personal - Everything is down to the stats of assists and goals. Defenders and Keepers and midfielders aren't supposed to be getting the assists and goals but that doesn't make them worse than the few attackers that are piad to do it. It was clear that Kanté was a better player and more important than even Mahrez during his good season. That's why we though of Kanté as the equivalent of 2 players - we've never though that of Riyad. I'm also not the only one who has suggested that the best player since his arrival until the beginning of this season was Robert Huth who also doesn't have the assists and goals stats of mahrez or even Schlupp. Mahrez is a great little player but he hasn't been our best player even over the last few years, let alone of all time. He does control a ball and pass it extremely well though.

I'm wise enough to know that it's more than just goals, assists and stats in general that determine football. I loathe it when people bring up these as supposed proof that one player is better than another but just consider those stats of Mahrez, along with the never ending amount of magical bits of play he produced that ought to have ended in goals and I'm mystified how any of our fans don't hold him as one of the best, if not the best players to Grace our club. 

 

Kante was obviously the glue, there's no doubt about that and he's up there as the best too but I'm not having Mahrez being taken for granted. I'd be stunned if in 50 years time he's not still classes as the holy grail for Leicester. He's gold, just flawed slightly. What a journey we've had with him.