After claims Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez is signing for Barcelona, and has even landed at the city’s airport, the Spanish media have been rubbishing the story.
First, Catalan newspaper Sport claimed Barcelona sources had told them Mahrez isn’t a player under consideration, and the club aren’t trying to sign him from Leicester City.
Then Marca claimed the same thing, that Barcelona sources have ‘denied the possibility’ of Mahrez arriving, and stated there’s no interest in the player.
Marca say the player’s possible destination is actually Chelsea. That’s been claimed in England and France, but there still seems much confusion over Mahrez’s future.
If the Barcelona sources are correct, that rules them out. Arsenal sources have looked to ruled them out too, which leaves Chelsea and Tottenham of the clubs linked today.
Algeria’s football federation revealed on Wednesday night that Mahrez had been released from the squad to sort out transfer business.
