Arsenal have a history of nearly signing the best players and eventually fading away from doing that.
Remember when Wenger came out and gave us some top names he almost signed and how it literally formed the dream XI of modern day football.
Well, there were the likes of Zlatan, Ronaldo, Messi to name a few. Of course the Suarez case was documented rather publicly. Now add another name in the form of Riyad Mahrez.
Mahrez has revealed how he almost joined Arsenal.
“After the title-winning year, if I was in a top team, it would not have been the same story,” he told France Football.
“For me, it is clear that I lost two years at the very highest level. I lost two years!
“Because instead of being at City at 27, I could have been there at 24 or 25. Leicester blocked me. They told me: “You cannot go, you cannot go!
“My agent had talked with [Arsene] Wenger who really wanted to sign me, it was almost done with Arsenal in the summer of 2016…I was really frustrated.
“It’s not easy to go from being the PFA Players’ Player of the Year to being part of a team fighting for Premier League survival. It’s not the same job.
“Everyone is waiting on you and expects you to perform.”
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