{"id":85286,"date":"2023-07-20T09:26:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T09:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/20\/man-city-agree-30m-deal-for-al-ahli-to-sign-algeria\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T09:26:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T09:26:41","slug":"man-city-agree-30m-deal-for-al-ahli-to-sign-algeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/20\/man-city-agree-30m-deal-for-al-ahli-to-sign-algeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City agree \u00a330m deal for Al-Ahli to sign Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Riyad Mahrez has won the Premier League five times – once with Leicester and four times with Manchester City
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Manchester City have agreed a \u00a330m deal for Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli to sign Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old has been given permission not to travel on City\u2019s pre-season trip to Japan and South Korea.<\/p>\n

That had already been agreed providing City received a bid that matched their valuation of Mahrez, who had two years left on his contract.<\/p>\n

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City paid \u00a360m for Mahrez in 2018 and he scored 15 goals from 47 games in the\u00a0Blues\u2019 Treble-winning season.<\/p>\n

However, he was an unused substitute for both the FA Cup and Champions League finals and manager Pep Guardiola has opted to let him join the list of big-name recruits by the SPL this summer.<\/p>\n

Liverpool have also agreed a \u00a312m deal in principle worth \u00a312m plus add-ons to\u00a0sell England midfielder Jordan Henderson\u00a0to Al-Ettifaq.<\/p>\n

The likes of Karim Benzema, N\u2019Golo Kante and Ruben Neves have already\u00a0followed Cristiano Ronaldo to Saudi Arabia\u00a0this summer, while\u00a0Steven Gerrard\u00a0has been named Al-Ettifaq manager and\u00a0Michael Emenalo\u00a0has been appointed the SPL\u2019s director of football.<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has also\u00a0taken over four of the SPL\u2019s leading clubs,\u00a0including Al-Ahli, as the league aims to become one of the top five in the world.<\/p>\n

Mahrez is the only senior player to miss City\u2019s trip to Asia.<\/p>\n

The futures of England defender Kyle Walker, Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva and Spain defender Aymeric Laporte have all been the subject of speculation this summer.<\/p>\n

However, all three are in Guardiola\u2019s travelling squad for the pre-season games.<\/p>\n

Reports in Germany have suggested Bayern Munich have agreed a deal for Walker, but it is thought they are wide of the mark.<\/p>\n

Portugal full-back Joao Cancelo is also part of the City squad after Bayern chose not to take up the option of turning last season\u2019s six-month loan into a permanent deal.<\/p>\n

It is understood goalkeeper Zach Steffen is absent with a knee injury, although City are open to the idea of the USA international moving on this summer.<\/p>\n

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