Mahrez in London! Arsenal fans go crazy ahead of potential move
Jul 24, 2016 at 2:05 PM
Arsenal fans went into complete meltdown as Riyad Mahrez was reportedly spotted taking a flight from Glasgow to London on Saturday evening.
Mahrez was once again the star attraction following his goalscoring performance while Leicester City beat Celtic on penalties in the International Champions Cup but it was the 25-year-old’s antics in the aftermath which got the Gooners talking some crazy staffs.
According to talkSPORT presenter Georgie Bingham, the Algeria international was on board her flight to London after the match, along with fellow Foxes man Kasper Schmeichel.
It’s being widely speculated that both of them were on media business with Leicester but this actually didn’t stop Gunners supporters losing the plot on social media.
Latest reports say Mahrez is pushing hard for a move to the Emirates this summer as Arsene Wenger scours the market for attacking reinforcements ahead of the 2016/17 campaign.
However, Leicester have spent the summer fending off interest in their star men. The Foxes successfully kept hold of Jamie Vardy but last week sold N’Golo Kante to Chelsea and could now see Mahrez join the Gunners in a £41million move, despite Claudio Ranieri’s confidence he would be able to keep hold of last season’s PFA Player of the Year.
The Italian dismissed speculation linking Mahrez with a move away from the King Power Stadium last week, saying: ‘It is over, the market is closed here. Mahrez wants to stay.’
But it was not enough. Here is the tweet which excited so many Arsenal fans.
Interestingly 5 of the Leicester City team are on my plane back from Glasgow. So I’ll just ask Riyad Mahrez what he’s doing. Yes? #LCFC #AFC
— Georgie Bingham (@georgiebingham) July 23, 2016
After that it was complete madness!
Okay, confirmed Mahrez is on a plane to London tonight! WTF is going on! ??
@bbcsport_david we need you man!— Olivier Giroud ⭐ (@GoalivierGiroud) July 23, 2016
Just read Mahrez is staying at Leicester and on a plane to London in two tweets. It’s on a knife edge! Could go either way!
— ArsenalShorts (@ArsenalShorts) July 23, 2016
Hold the phone, some geezer is on a plane with Mahrez to London. Ahahaha that is top level shit, we’ll done pal. Keep the updates coming.
— Jimmv38 (@jimmv38) July 23, 2016
Honest question, does anyone know why Mahrez flew direct from Scotland to London? An the rest of the team (bar Schmeichel) went elsewhere
— Mr DT © (@DeejayDt) July 23, 2016
Haha Mahrez now spotted in the plane.. Next is a photo at the London airport and then photoshop outside Emirates @GunnerFaithful
— Gary (@stock_novice) July 23, 2016
@Arsenal announce mahrez
— Bradley Johnson (@bradley29634358) July 23, 2016