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The Al-Ahli club today announced the signing of Algerian Riyad Mahrez, 32, after five years with Manchester City, on a four-year contract in the Saudi league. “The wait is over: Riyadh is real,” said the Saudi club in a brief tweet on its official account accompanied by a video in which Mahrez appears in Paris and with a shirt whose number is 2027, the year until which the player signs .
Al-Ahli, as with the signings made by Saudi clubs in the last year, has not revealed the amount he has paid for the transfer or how much the player will earn per season. In his account, Mahrez said goodbye to his fans and team, in an “unforgettable chapter” of his life and five-year career.
He thanked the entire Manchester City squad and fans for making him feel part of their family from day one. For his part, the English team also said goodbye to the Algerian winger, who joined City in 2018 from Leicester. During his stay at the Etihad, Mahrez played 236 games and scored 78 goals, in addition to assisting another 59 of his teammates, becoming an essential member of Pep Guardiola’s squad.
“In total, Mahrez won the Premier League title four times in five years with the Blues, as well as two FA Cups, three Carabao Cups, two Community Shields and leaves as a Champions League winner,” the club listed. it’s a statement. Mahrez thus joins a Saudi league that seeks to attract soccer stars with millions of euros and has already signed several of them, such as Cristiano Ronaldo or Karim Benzema.
The wait is over: Riyad is real ????@Mahrez22#MahrezToAlahli
— Al-Ahli Saudi Club (@ALAHLI_FCEN) July 28, 2023
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2023-07-28 12:32:00
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