Robbie Savage has always been a man, a player and a pundit that divides opinion.And in his latest column for The Mirror, Savage has giving his take on another man that is dividing opinion right now - Leicester's Riyad Mahrez.The Morrocan winger was subject of a big money move to Manchester City as the January transfer deadline approached, but the Foxes snubbed an offer of up to £55 million for their star man, instead, demanding £95 million.If Philippe Coutinho is worth £142 million, then you can't really blame Leicester for trying their luck, but, at some point, they had to realise the player wanted to leave.Mahrez handed in a transfer request the day before the window slammed shut and after Leicester refused to grant his wish, he has not shown up for training since.Savage, a former Leicester City player, appears to see where Mahrez is coming from."After everything he has done for Leicester – a £460,000 snip who is now worth more than 100 times as much – surely there comes a point where it is churlish to stand in the way of his ambition."When I was a player and I wanted to leave Birmingham for Blackburn, I caused havoc when I didn’t get my way at first," Savage recalled."I’m not proud of my behaviour – I was smashing balls away in training, knocking on doors, getting sent home and being an all-round nuisance – but I never downed tools."I had a month to make my move to Blackburn happen – but Mahrez only had few days. If City had registered their interest earlier in January, I suspect they would have struck a deal well inside the deadline."So, because Savage though it was ok to act that way as one of the senior members of a football club back then, he is endorsing Mahrez missing training now? Not quite, but he certainly understands.Twitter might not understand, though:

Whether you like what the former Welsh international has to say or not, it's hard to argue with the point he finishes on.

"Even now, when Leicester look at the bigger picture, surely they will have to concede that Riyad Mahrez has been an unbelievably good player for them... but it’s time to let him fulfil his potential."

There has to come a point where the Foxes cut their losses on the 26-year-old, or his value will surely diminish.