FC Barcelona have dismissed reports claiming their interest in Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez, claiming that they were never interested in signing the Algerian in the first place.
Since rejecting a contract offer from Leicester City, there have been rumours linking Riyad Mahrez with a move to FC Barcelona and Chelsea as they were reportedly interested in signing the Foxes’ star from last season.
However the Catalans have since quashed such claims revealing that they weren’t interested in the first place despite the 25-year-old expressing his desire to play for the Spanish giants.
Ed Malyon of the Daily Mirror reported that Barcelona haven’t established any contact regarding the signing of the Algerian and claim that any contact between him and the club’s representatives was not instigated by them. Having already signed two defensive reinforcements in Lucas Digne and Samuel Umtiti along with a midfielder in Denis Suarez,
Barcelona are looking to complete their summer shopping list with the signing of a right-back – a replacement for the departed Dani Alves– and a forward who would be a viable back-up option to an already devastating front-line in Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
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