- Riyad Mahrez. Riyad Mahrez is one of the reasons Leicester Football Club is topping the table in the 2015-16 premier league season. An Algerian, he is a winger who signed for Leicester City in 2014 and helped them win the Football League Championship and promotion to the premier league at the end of his first season. Mahrez made a debut for Algeria in 2014 and represented them at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. He is in superb form for Leicester City, currently making his transfer value soar to the region of £30.1 million. Mahrez also plays for his national team, the Desert Foxes. He dribbles, likes to cut inside and plays the ball off the ground often.
