If he particularly likes OM, Riyad Mahrez also claims to be “a Paris guy”.
During his professional career, which had started in 2011, Riyad Mahrez bore the colors of only one French club: Le Havre. It is a secret of Polichinelle, the Algerian international would have liked to play Olympique de Marseille.
This wish could even have transformed into reality before the attacking midfielder signed in England, in Leicester. Except that Vincent Labrune, then president of the Marseille club, had failed his candidacy
particularly contemptuously.
If he has always had a pronounced affection for OM, Riyad Mahrez does not hate PSG either. “I always preferred Marseille, I was a lover of Marseille, but I never had anything against PSG. I am a Paris guy anyway. I grew up in Paris. I can’t spit in the soup “he said during an interview given to the media
Square.
Riyad Mahrez, a Paname guy
And Al-Ahli FC number 7 to continue: “It’s a club that I like to watch, there were great players who played there. I have played against them several times. We tapped them two three times (laugh!) But it’s a club that I like too. ”
Since the summer of 2023, Riyad Mahrez has been evolving in Saudi Pro League. When he arrived from Manchester City, he initialed a four -year lease with his current club.