Algeria’s French winger Riyad Mahrez is set to extend his contract with Premier League champions Manchester City until 2025, French sports newspaper L’Equipe reported on Monday.
A year before the end of his contract with Manchester City, the side he joined in the summer of 2018 from Leicester City for €67m, Mahrez was one of the players that attracted the interest of many clubs, including Italy’s Juventus. “, “Real”. Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain. lykeb”.
But the 31-year-old Algerian, who was Spanish coach Josep Guardiola’s top scorer in all competitions last season with 24 goals, including seven in the Champions League, appears determined to continue his career at City.
The two sides started negotiations over a contract extension some time ago and it looks like they are close to agreeing that the Algerian captain will stay at Ittihad Stadium until 2025.
Mahrez has made 189 appearances in all competitions in a City shirt, scoring 63 goals and 43 assists to help his team win the Premier League three times over the past four seasons.
The Algerian also won the League Cup three times with City and once the FA Cup, and in 2021 for the first time in the history of the club reached the Champions League final with him.
Source: agencies