Leicester city Player of the season Riyad Mahrez signs new 4year contract with club

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Leicester city Player of the season Riyad Mahrez signs new 4year contract with club





Algerian star midfielder and PFA player of the year Riyad Mahrez has shunned advances from Arsenal to sign a new 4 year deal with the club , in order to help the club with its premier league title defence. The new deal will last till 2020.


"Leicester City Football Club is delighted to announce that Riyad Mahrez has signed a new contract, committing his future to the Foxes until June, 2020," the club's statement released late on Wednesday night reads.

"The reigning PFA Players’ Player of the Year signs new terms after playing a starring role in City’s unforgettable Premier League title triumph last season – the latest stage of a remarkable journey for the 25-year-old Algerian in Leicester City colours.

"Signed from Le Havre of the French second tier in January 2014, Riyad’s two-and-a-half-year spell with Leicester has seen him establish himself as an Algeria international, a Premier League champion and one of the most feared attacking players in Europe. He scored 17 goals and contributed 11 assists last season in the most remarkable title triumph in Premier League history."

"He joins the likes of Wes Morgan, Jamie Vardy, Kasper Schmeichel and Andy King in signing new deals with the Club this summer, bolstering Claudio Ranieri’s squad for the Club’s first ever Premier League title defence."

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