Riyad Mahrez wasn’t at his mercurial best last season. Then again, very few of Leicester City’s Premier League title-winning players were.It was a tough campaign for everyone associated with the Foxes, while this season also started off very poorly.Leicester were third from bottom in the Premier League when they sacked Craig Shakespeare in mid-October.However, since the appointment of Claude Puel on October 25, Leicester are back to looking like the Leicester of old.Incredibly, the Foxes are now seventh in the table, eight points behind sixth-placed Arsenal. They’re also through to the FA Cup fifth round following a convincing 5-1 win over Peterborough United on Saturday and will be expected to progress to the quarter-finals after being drawn to face Sheffield United.Mahrez has been in scintillating form of late and Leicester now face a difficult challenge holding on to the Algeria international, who has netted eight goals in 24 league appearances this season.

PL club set to make deadline day move for Mahrez

Why? Because, according to The Sun, one of the Premier League’s biggest clubs are poised to table a dramatic £60 million offer on transfer deadline day (which, if you weren’t aware, is Wednesday).

Manchester City - operating on a tight budget, according to Pep Guardiola - are set to make a shock move for the 26-year-old.

Yep, despite the fact they broke their club transfer record on Tuesday on £57 million Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao.

In his press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Guardiola insisted that there was very little chance of City making any additional signings before the transfer window closes.

Sane injured, Alexis joined United

However, The Sun understand that City want more attacking options after Leroy Sane was ruled out for at least six weeks with ankle ligament damage.

The Premier League leaders also pulled out of the race for Alexis Sanchez, who Guardiola wanted to help boost the club’s chances of winning silverware both domestically and in Europe.

Mahrez 'wants showdown talks' to force the move

Mahrez, according to the report, is aware of the interest and is seeking showdown talks to force the transfer to the Etihad Stadium.

But whether or not he’ll get his way is currently unclear.

Watch this space - his future will be resolved one way or the other on Wednesday.

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