{"id":10436,"date":"2022-07-16T12:28:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T12:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/riyad-mahrez-renews-contract-with-city"},"modified":"2022-07-16T12:46:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T12:46:20","slug":"riyad-mahrez-renews-contract-with-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/riyad-mahrez-renews-contract-with-city","title":{"rendered":"Riyad Mahrez renews contract with City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Manchester City announced, on Friday, the renewal of the contract with the Algerian footballer Riyad Mahrez, reported the Portuguese sports newspaper Record, in the online edition.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Algerian international is preparing to complete his fifth season with the citizens, after being signed from Leicester in the summer of 2018 for 68 million euros.<\/p>\n<p>The previous contract was valid for just one more year and, from now on, the 31-year-old African winger has a contract until 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In the four years, Mahrez played 188 games, in which he scored 63 goals and made 45 assists, playing an important role in winning nine titles. 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