Refusing to play or train can often help a wantaway footballer force through a transfer - but it doesn't always work out that way...

Manchester City’s training ground had a touch of nostalgia this week as former winger Riyad Mahrez made an unexpected appearance, reuniting with old team-mates and staff. The 34-year-old, remembered as one of the defining figures of City’s dominant era, was spotted walking through the Etihad Campus, exchanging warm greetings and laughter with familiar faces.

Lionel Messi has been warned that he will not get “special protection” if choosing to leave MLS and join Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia.

Riyad Mahrez is in awe of “extraordinary” Saudi Pro League rival Cristiano Ronaldo, with the Al-Ahli star admitting it “isn’t easy” to be CR7.

Riyad Mahrez has rebuffed claims by Cristiano Ronaldo that the Saudi Pro League is among the 'top five' divisions in world football.