AS Roma director of football Monchi has explained how Leicester City blocked the Italians and Barcelona from moving for Riyad Mahrez last summer and ruled out a January transfer in the process.
The former Sevilla man spoke with Gazzetta dello Sport (via Goal's Chris Burton) about their chase of the Algerian:
"We wanted a left-footed winger to replace Mohamed Salah and put it all on Mahrez, but the only reason he didn't come was because the club wouldn't sell.
"It's not an excuse, they said no to Barcelona too.