Manchester City would have had to pay £80m to prise Riyad Mahrez away from Leicester, reports have claimed.
Mahrez is said to be "very depressed" after Manchester City's offer of £50m cash plus an unnamed player valued at £15m was turned down by Leicester.
According to The Leicester Mercury however, that offer was never going to be enough to earn the Algerian his dream move, with The Foxes reported to have issued City with an ultimatum that they would have to pay £80m to get their man.
The report goes onto claim that that valuation was influenced by transfer fee such as the £75m paid by Liverpool for Virgil Van Dijk, and the £145m the Anfield club received for Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona.