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Revealed: Mahrez could have been an Arsenal player…but

Manchester City attacker Riyad Mahrez [Courtesy]

Riyad Mahrez says his 2016 transfer to Arsenal was "nearly all done" - but Leicester City blocked him from leaving.

The Foxes had just won a first Premier League title against all the odds and so began the top flight's elite picking apart their overachieving team.

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