Riyad Mahrez was close to moving to London's "Arsenal" team. In the summer of 2016, "Arsenal" expressed interest in the footballer, but did not acquire him.
It seems that the footballer himself wanted to leave "Leicester". R. Mahrez claimed that "Leicester" officials allowed him to go to "Arsenal" if they wanted the player.
"They told me: "You can go, there won't be any problems if there's an offer." But despite all this, they tried to prevent my departure and blocked it. They talked to teams, but didn't want to sell me.
N'Golo Kante could leave, because he had a release clause, but they stopped it after him. They said they would never set a release clause for any player again.
But I am confident. I believe I will still end up on top. When you have a certain level and can show it, there shouldn't be any problems," said the Algerian.
