Barcelona target Premier League's highest rated player

 

Barcelona could make a move for Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez in the summer, reports The Sun.

 

The Algerian has been in stunning form for the highly-flying Foxes this season, gaining a better WhoScored rating (7.88) than any other player in the Premier League.

 

His winning goal in the 1-0 win at Watford on Saturday sent Leicester five points clear at the top of the table, with Mahrez having now been directly involved in more goals (24) than any other player.

 

Barcelona target Premier League's highest rated player

 

Mahrez's form hasn't gone unnoticed either, with the Spanish giants now credited with an interest in the 25-year-old.

 

Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique is supposedly a huge admirer of the attacker, with Mahrez now supposedly ahead of Marco Reus on the club's most-wanted list.

 

The same paper suggests Barcelona could make a £15m move for Mahrez in the summer, though it's likely Leicester will hold out for much more with the player under contract at the King Power Stadium until 2019.


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