{"id":23675,"date":"2022-07-15T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/15\/manchester-city-star-riyad-mahrez-extends-contract-until-2025\/"},"modified":"2022-07-15T15:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:00:38","slug":"manchester-city-star-riyad-mahrez-extends-contract-until-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/15\/manchester-city-star-riyad-mahrez-extends-contract-until-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez extends contract until 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>Manchester City can bank on one less big-name asset out of the Etihad Stadium this summer after Algerian international Riyad Mahrez extended terms with Pep Guardiola\u2019s Citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Mahrez, now 31, will be contracted to City until 2025 after he agreed to a fresh two-year extension, putting to rest any angst surrounding the fact that he had just one year left on his previous deal with the current Premier League holders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e32\ufe0f\u20e35\ufe0f\u20e3<\/p>\n<p>We are delighted to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mahrez22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mahrez22<\/a> has signed a new two-year contract extension! \u270d\ufe0f? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mhJ6QLZOIY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/mhJ6QLZOIY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/1547974326019715073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Algerian star has largely been a key performer for City since his arrival from Leicester City in the summer of 2018 after previously helping the Foxes become shock Premier League champions in a memorable 2015-16 campaign, registering 63-goals and adding a further 45-assists in 188-appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mahrez22\/status\/1547981345686556673?s=20&amp;t=seJgv7sxK6phTT9835yyEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mahrez tweeted about his delight at extending his deal<\/a> with the league champions, stating \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">2025 \u2013<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> Proud and happy to remain a Cityzen, with always the same thirst for trophies. We keep going.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>His extension comes in the wake of City losing England star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/he-is-going-to-tear-teams-apart-mason-mount-makes-bold-raheem-sterling-prediction-following-chelsea-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raheem Sterling<\/a> to potential title rivals Chelsea and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/gabriel-jesus-agent-reveals-why-arsenal-signing-rejected-late-chelsea-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabriel Jesus<\/a> to Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>But there remains an air of expectation and promise around the club\u2019s chances of once again retaining their Premier League crown after Guardiola\u2019s men were reinforced by Norwegian starlet Erling Haaland, Leeds United icon Kalvin Phillips, and the return of January acquisition Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez.<\/p>\n<p>With Mahrez remaining one of the key pieces under Guardiola in the vaunted City front line along with Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne, it can wholeheartedly be expected that Mahrez is set to play a leading role in yet another campaign where City is expected to lead the charge at the top of the table.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>For more on Manchester City, read below<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/barcelona-agree-less-than-80m-euro-deal-for-manchester-citys-bernardo-silva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barcelona agrees to big-money move for Man City star Bernardo Silva<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/nathan-ake-to-remain-at-manchester-city-as-chelsea-deal-falls-through\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Man City to retain defender Nathan Ak\u00e9 after move to Chelsea falls through<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/reece-james-speaks-out-on-chelsea-future-following-manchester-city-links\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Reece James speaks out on Chelsea future amid links with Man City<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City can bank on one less big-name asset out of the Etihad Stadium this summer after Algerian international Riyad Mahrez extended terms with Pep Guardiola\u2019s Citizens. Mahrez, now 31, will be contracted to City until 2025 after he agreed to a fresh two-year extension, putting to rest any angst surrounding the fact that he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-23675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}