Gary Lineker believes Leicester City’s acquisition of Riyad Mahrez in 2014 is the best pound-for-pound Premier League signing in history.
The Manchester City wide man secured a move from French club Le Havre to the Foxes for just €450,000 (£400,000). He would go on to be a key cog in Leicester’s incredible 2015/16 Premier League title triumph, scoring 17 goals that season and winning Premier League Player of the Year.
Mahrez stayed on at the King Power Stadium for another two seasons, helping Leicester to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 2017, before moving to City for £61m in 2018. That was the highest fee the club had ever received for a player prior to Harry Maguire ’s £80m move to Manchester United the following summer.
