Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez is a shadow of the player he was last season… and that’s hurting the Foxes, says Ian Wright
Mahrez was dropped for the 2-0 defeat to Everton, and Wrighty is shocked by how off-form the Ballon d'Or nominee is this season
RIYAD MAHREZ was dropped for Leicester for their 2-0 defeat to Everton at the weekend - but ex-Arsenal man Ian Wright was not surprised.
The defending Premier League champions are struggling down in 16th place, and in real danger of being dragged into a relegation scrap.
And Wrighty, speaking with SunSport's Shaun Custis on the , believes the form of one of their star men last season is not helping.
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He said: "Mahrez's mind is elsewhere. You can't have Leicester where they are and a player of that calibre on the bench.
"He was nominated for the Ballon d'Or last season, he was player of the season. The Messi's and Ronaldo's are up there up every year. This is the difficult second album for Mahrez and he's failing miserably to try and help his team. His manager's saying he's not stimulated enough. It's damning to his character.
And ex-England man Wright believes last season's Foxes enforcer N'Golo Kante is a massive miss for the team.
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He added: "I look at N'Golo Kante and think the type of player he is, if he was still at Leicester, he'd still be at it and he wouldn't be taking this season off. Mahrez is nowhere near it.
"He doesn't seem willing enough to go through the treacle and molasses he's running through at the minute! He's not Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption! He doesn't want to crawl through the pipe to get through the other end!"
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