Riyad Mahrez signs new Leicester deal and Arsenal fans pretend to be relieved

Riyad Mahrez will remain at Leicester.

The PFA Player of the Year for last season has signed a new deal with the defending champions to keep him at the King Power Stadium until 2020. https://twitter.com/LCFC/status/765976301530390528 Mahrez was a key component in Leicester's title-winning side last season, scoring 17 goals and assisting 11 others in his 37 league games for the club during their historic run to become champions of England. His performances led to speculation that he would make like N'Golo Kante and leave Claudio Ranieri and co, but just like Jamie Vardy he resisted the approaches of a certain team based in North London and remained. Arsenal fans had spent the summer begging Arsene Wenger to make a move for the pacey Algerian, but as soon as the winger's new deal with Leicester was announced, the tone started to shift among Arsenal fans as they began to deny they were ever in for him in the first place. https://twitter.com/IwobiFlick/status/765977059780886528 https://twitter.com/Malexcr/status/765979697452818432 https://twitter.com/averagegunner/status/765978755202420736 While the rest of us are gushing over the 25-year-old's skills, only Arsenal fans can peek through the facade and see Mahrez for what he truly is - a fraud. https://twitter.com/Xhakafc/status/765978155341508610

That's because Mahrez is just a cheap imitation of [insert overhyped Arsenal player's name here].

https://twitter.com/carlespuyol54g/status/765978457981542400 https://twitter.com/minemsam/status/765978539652964352 https://twitter.com/inverthis/status/765978473240428544

For others, it saved them an unnecessary selection headache.

https://twitter.com/MoAmali/status/765979061495685121