City have been put off by the costs of a potential deal for Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez

Mahrez, who has two-and-a-half years left on his Foxes deal, has slapped in a transfer request and is determined to go after being denied a move in the summer.

The Premier League leaders inquired about the Algeria winger with a view to a deadline-day move but decided to walk away with the Foxes unwilling to lower their demands.


The midfielder has put Leicester under pressure to sell him by disrupting their plans for tonight’s game by going AWOL amid interest from Man City.

According to reports, he did not train with his teammates on Tuesday, before Leicester’s trip to Everton in the Premier League

City’s decision means that the club record £57 million signing of Aymeric Laporte on Tuesday is likely to be their only major incoming business of the January transfer window.

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