But with the Barça rumors growing, and Mahrez continuing to mention the Blaugrana interest in his interviews, some thought there was a chance the PFA Player of the Year would move to Catalonia next season.
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Young Player of the Year Anthony Martial exploded onto the scene when he came off the bench to score against Liverpool on his debut last September, and over the season continued the tradition of United youngsters playing way beyond their years.
The best player in the Premier League has been linked with Barcelona, but he might not join the best team in the world after all.
“It feels good”, said Mahrez.
Arsenal have reportedly already enquired about signing Leicester City duo N’Golo Kante and Riyad Mahrez this summer, according to France Football (via the Express).
Mahrez has enjoyed a remarkable campaign this term, scoring 17 goals and registering 11 assists in the Premier League to help Leicester secure a memorable and surprising title triumph. I’m very happy. We just know we’ve done something insane – something unbelievable.
Martial said: “Thanks to all Facebook fans for supporting me as the Young Player of the Year”.
“For myself first, the goals I scored for the team, all the wins”. The fans are close to us and I feel very good here to play.
While the main award of the evening went to Mahrez, Kante beat off competition from the Algerian, Vardy and skipper Wes Morgan to claim the players’ player of the season award – voted for by the Foxes squad.
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“But there are very few players who we’ve got who are out of contract, so the ones who did it this season will be given the opportunity to see if they can duplicate that form and do it again”.
