On this day in 2018, Manchester City broke their transfer record and spent £60m to sign a 27-year-old Riyad Mahrez from Leicester. Mahrez, who the Foxes initially signed for just £400,000 from Le Havre in 2014, had experienced a meteoric rise and was named the PFA Players' Player of the Year during Leicester's surprise Premier League triumph in 2015-16. At the time, he said City's style of play is "perfect" for him and he wanted to be part of a club which is "redefining the English game".
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