With Riyad Mahrez having raised the bar for Algerian players to play for Manchester City, Rayan Ait-Nouri will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of the Al-Ahli winger at the Etihad Stadium. But all the signs suggest that Ait-Nouri could succeed at Manchester City, considering he is the archetypal Pep Guardiola player; technically gifted, versatile and intelligent. While his countryman Riyad Mahrez initially struggled at City despite being a Premier League champion at Leicester City, he went on to become a match-winner in sky blue. Manchester City believe in Ait-Nouri as a player to the extent that they chose…
‘He told me’: Rayan Ait-Nouri shares what Riyad Mahrez privately told him about Man City before his move
