Riyad Mahrez has been offered about a £865,000-a-week deal to leave Manchester City.
Initial reports suggested that the Algeria international has been offered £25million-per-year to join the exodus to the Middle East – working out to £480,000-a-week.
That’s less than the £700,000-a-week offered to Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson.
But talkSPORT understands the Man City winger has actually been offered a mega £45m-per-year to join Saudi club Al Ahli.
That equates to around £865,000-a-week – a fee that would reflect his status as a five-time Premier League champion, certainly compared to Henderson.
It’s also more than seven times his current £160,000-a-week salary at Man City.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli are reportedly ready to move ahead with plans to sign Riyad Mahrez.
He was frustrated at a lack of game-time under Pep Guardiola (right) at the end of last season
He was frustrated at a lack of game-time under Pep Guardiola (right) at the end of last season
Al-Ahli returned to the Saudi top-flight after surprisingly being relegated and are one of the four founding clubs – including Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad – that were taken over earlier last month by the country’s Public Investment Fund, which also owns Newcastle United.
The ambition and financial might of the Saudi clubs is clear as they continue to target top European stars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, who have joined Al-Nassr and Al-Ittihad.
But while Mahrez is open to the idea of finishing his career in the Kingdom, it is understood that he is uncertain about leaving City this summer having just won the Treble under Pep Guardiola.
The Algeria winger was disappointed with his lack of game time towards the end of the season when he was an unused substitute in the finals of the Champions League and FA Cup, but leaving would still pose a risk for further success.
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Were he to join Al-Ahli, he would join up with former Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, who became the third Blues player, after Kalidou Koulibaly and N’Golo Kante, to move to the Middle East this summer.
The Senegal international left Chelsea after three years in west London and was part of the team who won the Champions League in 2021.
