Arsenal make £43m bid to sign Leicester City star

Arsenal have made a £43m bid to sign Riyad Mahrez from Leicester City this week, according to reports in France. 

French newspaper L’Equipe is reporting that the gunners have been stepping up their interest in signing the winger as Arsene Wenger looks to bolster his squad ahead of the Premier League kick-off. 

The same report claims that Mahrez would be open to a move to The Emirates if a fee can be agreed with Leicester. 

The north London side have been linked with a host of Europe’s top players this summer but have thus far only signed Granit Xhaka, Takuma Asano and Rob Holding. 

Leicester are likely to be desperate to keep hold of one of their star players after the Algeria international played such a pivotal role in helping them with the Premier League title last season.