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Mahrez at Man City to ‘win, not just participate’ as competition for places & trophies is embraced

Riyad Mahrez claims to be at Manchester City to “win, not just participate”, with the Algeria international embracing competition for places and major silverware.

The 29-year-old winger knew what he was letting himself in for when completing a club-record transfer to the Etihad Stadium in 2018.

Despite being a Premier League title and PFA Player of the Year winner at Leicester, the highly-rated forward knew that he was joining a star-studded squad at City.

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He has had to work hard for regular game time, with Pep Guardiola having plenty of alternative attacking options at his disposal, however, Mahrez has taken in 81 appearances across two seasons and scored 21 goals.