Will Mahrez move in January? (Picture: AFP/Getty) Claude Puel hopes to keep hold of Riyad Mahrez in the January transfer window, despite the Algerian being heavily linked with a move to both Arsenal and Liverpool. The Leicester forward has scored seven goals and provided seven assists in 22 Premier League starts this season and has been touted as a potential replacement for Alexis Sanchez and Philippe Coutinho. Arsenal are set to lose Sanchez to Manchester United, while Coutinho quit Anfield to secure a dream transfer to Barcelona.
The Premier League giants are now scrambling for ทางเข้า sbobet replacements, with the 26-year-old high on their agendas. But Puel played down fears that Leicester would lose the attacker and insists it’s ‘normal’ for players of his calibre to be linked with moves away. ‘It’s not a question in our mind. All the noise is just speculation,’ he said. ‘Of course we are in the transfer window and it’s normal for all the best players [to be linked with transfers], but I’m not afraid about this because there’s a fantastic spirit and good ทางเข้า sbobet attitude in this squad.
‘I have confidence in Riyad. We spoke a lot with him, [about] different things, and often about football, because he likes football a lot. He is now with good maturity, good experience of life, and we can see this in this game. ‘He has a fantastic influence on the team, a valuable player for the team. ‘We can see he is enjoying his football and is happy with his team-mates and with us. It’s important for us to keep our best players.
‘The good ambition for him is to continue this hard work, to show his consistency game after game, until the end of the season. He has come back at a good level: he is clinical, with assists, with goals, and it’s important he continues this work and shows people the player he is, without the ball, with it. ‘He is making progress. It’s a good thing of course, (if) he continues all season with us.’ show more Статистика: Публикувано на от thanloeuth — 15 Яну 2018 04:55
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