Arab star to Real Madrid, at a personal request from Zidane
French site "Foot Mercato" said that coach Zinedine Zidane asked his club management to sign Algerian Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez during the upcoming summer transfers.
He explained that Zidane wants to raise the quality of the offensive line by contracting with the Algerian winger who has been making strong offers with Manchester City since 2018 when he contracted with "Citizen" led by Spanish coach Pep Guardiola for 60 million euros.
Riyad Mahrez (30 years) has high skills and football ideas outside the box that may give the royal team a greater quality in attack, along with Karim Benzema, Hazard, Modric and others.
The news of Zidane’s desire to include Mehrez comes at a time when there is increasing talk about the possibility of the departure of the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, the record holder in the English Premier League. Next season, especially as the player wants to leave the "Reds".
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