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Riyad Mahrez is a on FIRE right now.

Jamie Vardy might be getting most of the credit for Leicester City's unbelievable Premier League campaign, but the Algerian winger has been just as awesome for English football's most unlikely table toppers.

Mahrez has already been involved in an amazing TWENTY-FOUR Premier League goals this season (14 goals, ten assists) - a tally which has seen him linked with a big money move to a host of huge clubs.

All of which makes these newly discovered comments from Marseille's president even more ridiculous.

France Football have got hold of an email sent by Vincent Labrune - Marseille's head honcho - on 30 December 2014. Two players had been mentioned to Labrune as potential targets for the French giants. One of those players was Mahrez.

This was Labrune's reply:

"Do you really think that Leicester players now have a place at Olympique Marseille, in the project we've got?

"To save time, let me tell you, we try to be professional and qualitative with our recruitment. The probability of us taking this sort of player is zero.

"Don't take this the wrong way, but I don't put up with people taking me for a sucker."

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So, the person who suggested Marseille sign Mahrez 12 months ago was apparently taking Labrune for a sucker.

That's the same Mahrez who is probably now worth five times as much as he was then.

Altogether now…

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