The Manchester City fans in the Transfer Tavern have been reacting to a story in The Sun that claims the reason the deal for Riyad Mahrez is yet to be completed concerns Patrick Roberts move in the opposite direction. Fans have been waiting eagerly for the Algerian to be announced as a City player and the sooner Roberts moves on the better.
https://twitter.com/City_Watch/status/1007032747087618048
Pep Guardiola has been looking at options on the wing to give the likes of Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane some respite. The pair both played around 50 games for City last season and if the club was to lose either of them to injury for a long period of time it would be a serious loss to the club, who only have the likes of Bernardo Silva covering. That’s where the Leicester City winger comes in.
Mahrez, who won the PFA Player of the Year award for the 2015/16 season, has been keen for a move for a while now. In the January transfer window, the winger’s move to Manchester City fell through when the Foxes hierarchy started demanding a fee of over £70 million, something that Guardiola and the City board weren’t prepared to pay. The club cantered on to win the Premier League and now, six months later, it looks like Mahrez will get his move.
However, the latest report from The Sun proves that the transfer is far from straight-forward, and the supporters are beginning to express their concern over Roberts’ willingness to move on Twitter. Plenty of the supporters have lambasted Roberts for his perceived lack of desire to prove himself in the Premier League, and some fans have even suggested that they should turn their attention towards alternative targets.
You can read out local Sky blues’ thoughts on the Mahrez deal here:
https://twitter.com/Scottpetrie0603/status/1007033984939896832
https://twitter.com/PerfectionistPG/status/1007039093757358087
Incoming a Mourinho Bid
— ` (@PerfectionistPG) 13 June 2018
So is Mahrez done technically or are Leicester waiting on Roberts or a replacement?
— DSK (@0161Darren) June 13, 2018
Why? What’s been the problem with Roberts? Is there any progress? This really isn’t an update
— KHOTSO_BOGACWI (@Khotso_Bogacwi) 14 June 2018
Both of them are absolute divas.
— Gingyyy (@GingyOlaf) June 13, 2018
Normally anything from the Sun is immediately discredited. But you just know there are going to be plenty of people here putting the boot in against Roberts here cause he was happier playing in scary Scotland.
— Andrew (@EuphoriacA) June 13, 2018
Let me guess..He is more interested in moving to Celtic than Leicester?
— Shiva Chettri (@shivachettri) June 13, 2018
