{"id":152602,"date":"2018-05-29T13:08:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T13:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soulcentralmagazine.com\/manchester-city-transfer-news-pep-guardiola-keen-to-get-deal-for-riyad-mahrez-done-as-soon-as-possible\/"},"modified":"2018-05-29T13:08:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T13:08:29","slug":"manchester-city-transfer-news-pep-guardiola-keen-to-get-deal-for-riyad-mahrez-done-as-soon-as-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulcentralmagazine.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/manchester-city-transfer-news-pep-guardiola-keen-to-get-deal-for-riyad-mahrez-done-as-soon-as-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City transfer news: Pep Guardiola keen to get deal for Riyad Mahrez done as soon as possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<div class=\"pic\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/just_scale\/public\/field\/image\/201805\/gettyimages-958032808.jpg?itok=nddlEyjl\" width=\"594\" height=\"411\" alt=\"Manchester City transfer news: Pep Guardiola keen to get deal for Riyad Mahrez done as soon as possible\" title=\"Riyad Mahrez is reportedly on the verge of joining Man City\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <i id=\"camera\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"first-img-title\">Riyad Mahrez is reportedly on the verge of joining Man City<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n      <!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/manchester-city\" class=\"word-link\" title=\"Manchester City\">Manchester City<\/a> will try and sign Leicester&#8217;s Riyad Mahrez as soon as possible, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>As claimed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-5780275\/Manchester-City-close-75m-Riyad-Mahrez-Pep-Guardiola-eyes-early-deals-champions.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mail<\/a>, the Premier League champions are closing in on a deal for the 27-year-old, with director of <a href=\"http:\/\/talksport.com\/football\" class=\"word-link\" title=\"football\" target=\"_blank\">football<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/talksport.com\/txiki-begiristain\" class=\"word-link\" title=\"Txiki Begiristain\">Txiki Begiristain<\/a> edging closer to agreeing terms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manager <a href=\"http:\/\/talksport.com\/pep-guardiola\" class=\"word-link\" title=\"Pep Guardiola\">Pep Guardiola<\/a> wants to work on strengthening his squad early in order to have players ready to defend their title when the new season kicks off, which could mean Mahrez joining by the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria failed to qualify for the World Cup, which begins on 14 June, meaning Mahrez has a full pre-season to get used to the way Guardiola likes his team to play.<\/p>\n<p>City play the first of three pre-season games in Chicago on 20 July, with matches against Liverpool and <a href=\"http:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/bayern-munich\" class=\"word-link\" title=\"Bayern Munich\">Bayern Munich<\/a> to follow before the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>With his unique blend of skill and creativity, the winger has become Leicester\u2019s main man. However, he has been\u00a0desperate to leave the club for a while and was close to joining\u00a0City in a \u00a360m January move, but the deal fell through.<\/p>\n<p>Mahrez won the <a href=\"http:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/premier-league\" class=\"word-link\" title=\"Premier League\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> with Leicester in 2016 and could cost as much as \u00a375m this summer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"attr__format__media_original img__fid__459903 img__view_mode__media_original media-image\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sites\/default\/files\/gettyimages-528985652.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <!-- Article End -->\n    <\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '342874752723455');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/manchester-city-transfer-news-riyad-mahrez-deal-close-leicester-winger-signed-done-soon\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riyad Mahrez is reportedly on the verge of joining Man City Manchester City will try and sign Leicester&#8217;s Riyad Mahrez as soon as possible, according to reports. 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