Transfer: Arsenal's Giroud To Chelsea, Leicester's Mahrez For Man City
There are speculations that Chelsea have reached an agreement with Arsenal over an £18million move for striker Olivier Giroud.
This is as it has also been reported that Leicester's Riyad Mahrez has handed in a transfer request in a bid to force a £50million move to Manchester City.
On Giroud, the two Premier League clubs were locked in talks all day on Tuesday, but a breakthrough has finally been made, with the France international now set to swap The Emirates for Stamford Bridge.
It is a massive climb down from the north London club, who originally asked £30m for the 31-year-old.
However, a pressing need to push through the deal in order to secure the services of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund forced their hand.
In the case of Mahrez, Leicester want him to stay and do not need to sell but Mahrez does not want to miss his chance to join up with Pep Guardiola.
The Spanish coach wants cover for the injured Leroy Sane who is out for up to seven weeks with ankle ligament damage and has targeted the fleet-footed Algerian international, who has also been a target for Chelsea and Arsenal.
Mahrez is aware of City interest and wants to go. He can also play in the Champions League.
He did not train on Tuesday morning along with the rest of the squad, although Leicester declined to comment on speculation he had refused to do so.
City may need to increase their offer to closer to £60m to persuade Leicester to sell at this stage of the window.
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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