Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez said he has withdrawn his transfer request but his future with the club remains in doubt.
Mahrez asked to leave Leicester in January, with Manchester City reportedly keen to sign him, and missed two games as he tried to force through a move.
Sources told ESPN FC earlier this week that Pep Guardiola plans to make another offer for Mahrez this summer, and Mahrez told Sky Sports News that he does not know what he will do once the season ends.
“At that time, I handed a transfer [request] in because I had offers from Manchester City, so obviously, I wanted to go,” Mahrez said. “But now I’m still at Leicester. With me, especially, you never know what is happening. Every time I have to go but I am still here.
“I don’t really want to talk about [whether] I’m going or staying. I just want to finish the last three games. We will see what will happen for me.”
Mahrez, the PFA Player of the Year when Leicester won the Premier League in 2015-16, has twice handed in a transfer request.
Leicester were reportedly holding out for £95 million in January, with City prepared only to offer £60m in a cash-plus-player offer.
But the request has been withdrawn, and Mahrez remains content with his role at Leicester so far.
“It’s gone,” Mahrez said. “It was in January. Now it’s another transfer window, so, like I said, I am still here. I don’t want to put a lot of things in my head. I’m very cool and very relaxed about it.”
Information from the Press Association was used in this report.
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