Riyad Mahrez has rejected a new contract offer from Leicester City as he would like to leave the club.
Mahrez, who joined Leicester in 2014 from the French side Le Havre for £375,000, has attracted widespread attention from clubs in England and overseas after his performances in their title-winning season.
Mahrez is earning just £35,000 per week and has three seasons remaining on his contract. Leicester offered an improved deal of £80,000 per week.
Leicester sold N'Golo Kante to Chelsea this week.
“He remains with us. He’s not the kind of man who will say: ‘Coach I want to leave.’ He is happy here,” said Claudio Ranieri at the club’s training camp in Austria.