Despite having a tough start to the new season, the 2015/16 PFA Player of the Year, Riyad Mahrez, has bounced back in absolute style. The Algerian struggled to get into his groove under Craig Shakespeare, but the appointment of Claude Puel has literally unleashed him to a whole new level.
In their opening 8 Premier League fixtures, the Foxes could only register one win but following the sacking of Claudio Ranieri’s heir Craig Shakespeare, results have been really positive and a major chunk of credit must go to Riyad Mahrez.
In 19 Premier League fixtures thus far, Mahrez has bagged 5 goals and 6 assists – one of which came in the 2-2 draw against Manchester United recently. The Algerian has really driven the Foxes and back to back positive results means they are safely out of relegation trouble for now. His form, this time again, hasn’t gone unnoticed and Tottenham fans, in particular, have raised their voices to the club’s hierarchy to sign the Algerian in the January transfer window.
Making a move midway through the season seems like an unrealistic event, but given Tottenham’s recent struggle, the idea is perfectly fair, to say the least. After 19 rounds of the Premier League fixtures, we are 5th on the log, just 7 points above 8th-placed Leicester and keeping our historic win over Real Madrid aside, we have hardly done anything noteworthy.
In their last 8 Premier League fixtures, Tottenham have just won 3 and have lost thrice, which suggests that we are missing that cutting edge this season. And to cover the deficit, Tottenham fans have urged Mauricio Pochettino to sign Riyad Mahrez as they “would love him at Spurs.” Here is how the fans reacted on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/sadaq_m/status/944663256588840964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/Harps1981/status/944700694950490113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/shaun_poch/status/944675883553558528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Love watching Mahrez, would love him at Spurs! @SpursOfficial please
— Paul Turner (@PaulRT92) December 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/ChrissyFooty/status/942011390268772352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
They should've been all over Mahrez the last 2 summers. They invested £30m in fucking Sisssoko and £15m in Llorente.
— . (@Blahovic) December 16, 2017
Maybe its time to cash in on players like Dele Alli & Danny Rose, big egos who ain't preforming on the pitch anymore. Go out there and buy Ross Barkley, Riyid Mahrez and Moussa Dembele of Celtic #Spurs
— Super Tottenham TV (YouTube) (@SuperTottenham_) December 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheSonStorm/status/942031177350819840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
If Tottenham go all out for Mahrez and someone with a lot of pace there's no reason we can't 100% get top 4 & far in the Champions League!!! I believe, to dare is to do!!!! #COYS
— CMJ Flaners (@HeelFlaners) December 14, 2017
I could be wrong, I could be right I’d like Mahrez at Tottenham Aight! pic.twitter.com/9mpOyvkz78
— Joe Salas (@Tottenhambhoy) December 13, 2017
There is almost an Arsenal-like arrogance that you will get Mahrez without any resistance from his current club!
You know this is a commercial page not a fan page? and that its a click bait article with cherry picked random comments. A page like this will make a copy paste article for every player linked. Who wouldn’t say no to a player of Mahrez’s quality though, personally i’m not convinced he’d fit into our system anymore than Sissoko does or that he’d be up for being the plan B. Its not arrogance, its random one line twitter statements, a little ignorance and zero depth. I would suspect however Mahrez has some sort of agreement in place after agreeing to stay on, who knows what. I’d rather we snapped up Sessegnon before its too late or made a move for Dembele of Celtic, we should have put a serious bid in for Dembele when we had the chance. Reality is we rarely do much business in January, 1 or 2 at most with a few loanies going out and very rarely a markee signing.