Claude Puel has suggested Riyad Mahrez must wait until the summer if he wants to move away from the club as reports link him with a January transfer to Liverpool.
“I think it is important he [Mahrez] keeps this focus and concentration until the end of the season,” Puel told a news conference. “I am happy with him and I think he is enjoying his football. He is happy to play with this team.
“We are trying to develop good play on the floor and he likes this. He has good results with assists and goals in recent games.”
Meanwhile, Puel also spoke of his desire to hold on to record-signing Islam Slimani, despite the striker making just two Premier League starts this season.
“I am happy with ‘Slim,'” he added. “We have a lot of strikers and offensive players and we need to have good balance to give them game time.”
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