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Roma are interested in signing Leicester City’s wantaway winger Riyad Mahrez.

The Italian giants have contacted Mahrez’s agents to discuss signing the 26-year-old, according to Sky Sports.

The former PFA player of the year has told City he wants to leave the King Power Stadium this summer and a £50million price tag has been slapped on his head.

The Algeria international has said he wants a new challenge and is keen to play Champions League football again after helping City to the quarter-finals last season.

Roma could offer that, having finished runners-up to Juventus last season, and would be the high-profile type of club Mahrez is looking for.

City have publicly said no bids have yet been received for Mahrez, and the player joined up with the squad last week before heading to their Austrian training camp to continue their pre-season build-up.

Arsenal have long been touted as potential suitors for Mahrez, but that interest appeared to ebb back earlier this week as the Gunners looked to step up their efforts to sign Monaco winger Thomas Lemar.

City boss Craig Shakespeare said last week that Leicester had not received any bids for Mahrez but admitted that any offers would have to be discussed by the board.

“We have to understand Riyad’s concerns but while he is contracted to the football club, and while we’ve had no bids for him, which we haven’t, he has to be professional and we have to be professional,” said Shakespeare.

“He has to be fully committed here and I expect him to do that.”

Until any bids come in, Mahrez remains a City player and he will travel to Hong Kong with the rest of the squad for next week’s Premier League Asia Trophy.