Crespo: “Mahrez Struggled To Reach The Top… I Hope To See Him At 2022 Qatar World Cup”

Renowned former Argentine football star Hernan Crespo has extolled the Algerian international player Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City, saying he wants to see him in the 2022 Fifa World Cup tournament due to be hosted by Qatar.

The former player of the Italian clubs of AC Milan and Lazio of Rome, of Argentinean club of River Plate and England’s Chelsea FC in an interview to be published shortly on the newspaper, “The New Arab,” asserted that Riyad Mahrez struggled to get a better future in the English Premier League and waited a lot for his chance in order to further forge ahead.

“He continued with the squad of Leicester, which discovered him and displayed his dazzling footballing talent to the world”.

“The Algerian international player struggled for a better future in the Premiership and waited for his chance. I think his triumph in the Premier League with Leicester City gave him a passport to move to Manchester City”, he added.

“His joining Manchester City will give Mahrez an opportunity to blow up his energy, because he is playing with a solid team that competes for the championships. I hope to see him in the next World Cup tournament, he is one of the players who have the talent and the sense of scoring in the penalty area,” Hernan Crespo said.

“He has to adapt to play with the top stars in Manchester City, which is full of high-caliber players,” Crespo stated of his message to the Algerian player, who suffered a lot by being left on the bench of substitutes with Manchester City under head coach Pep Guardiola.