Roma wants Mahrez

Serie A club Roma wish to sign Riyad Mahrez from Leicester as they have contacted the player’s agent in an aim to sign the winger.

The Algeria international signed up with the Foxes from Le Havre in January 2014 as well as helped them secure promotion to the Premier League that season.

He was then important in their not likely title victory in 2016, racking up 17 goals, prior to handing in a transfer demand at the end of Could this year.

Craig Shakespeare informed Skies Sports Information HQ recently the club had actually not gotten any type of bids for Mahrez, but admitted any offers would need to be gone over by the board.

“We’d have to consider it,” he said. “But we don’t know the value and we don’t know the bid so until a bid comes in again it’s not worth thinking about.

“I think we have to look what is behind that as well, in terms of advice.

“We have to understand Riyad’s concerns but while he is contracted to the football club, and while we’ve had no bids for him, which we haven’t, he has to be professional and we have to be professional.

“He has to be fully committed here and I expect him to do that.”