the mahrez links seem legit, to be honest. id imagine leicester will require top dollar for him, so we probably shouldnt waste time with bargain offers, and they are are probably still steamed that we triggered vardy's release clause and forced them to give him a new deal.
id say he'll cost at least £40m.
given how awful our options are at RW, id say hes a must. its pretty clear we're not getting a world class striker, so if we can at least add someone decent who can sort of push giroud, then i think a front 4 of ozil, alexis, mahrez and giroud would get us a decent amount of goals. of course we still need a central defender and a backup RB.
i predict we're going to be cursing and yelling on deadline day, just like always.