Arsenal look to have missed out on signing Riyad Mahrez, and are now allowing themselves to fall way behind their rivals ahead of a tough campaign.
The Algerian forward was at Chelsea Harbour Hotel yesterday to meet Antonio Conte, and now appears likely to complete a deal to leave Premier League champions Leicester City to join the Blues.
Mahrez was snapped and posted on Twitter in the hotel, while Conte was snapped sitting waiting for the PL champion to sit down.
The meeting was kept hush hush from the newspapers and Sky Sports alike, but in the day of social media, secrets do not stay as such for long.
This meeting can not be considered a coincidence in my eyes, and his manager Claudio Ranieri had already confirmed their star winger was distracted by the interest in his signature.
Arsenal were supposed to be the interested party who were getting his attention, but once again, we are not the ones strengthening our starting line-up.
Tottenham signing Vincent Jansson was on our radar, but has already joined Tottenham now, Jamie Vardy publicly snubbed out advances, despite us triggering his release clause, and Michy Batshuayi was being watched regularly last term, but has also joined the Blues.
Arsenal are the ones with Champions League football however, not Chelsea. We finished second in the league, while they were a shockingly disappointing 10th place last term. We should be the team attracting the top talents, and not sitting back refusing to spend money.
Mahrez was the best player in the English leagues last year, and we should have made him a priority, but our club just wont fight for a player’s signature. Mahrez, Ozil and Sanchez would have been unstoppable.
Am I wrong to be so fired up about our disappointing transfer dealings? How big of an effect would Mahrez have had alongside Ozil and Sanchez.
Gooner P