Algeria and Leicester City mercurial attacker Riyad Mahrez has won the Professional Football Association (PFA) Footballer of the year award for the 2015/16 season in the Premier League.
He is the first African man to win this award after he held off competition from teammates & England striker Jamie Vardy and France combative midfielder N'golo Kante, Tottenham & England top marksman Harry Kane, Arsenal & German midfielder Mesut Ozil, West Ham & France midfielder Dimitri Payet.
The 25-years old who joined the Foxes in January 2014 from Le Havre in France Ligue 2 is the only player in double figures for both goals and assists in the premier league having scored 17 goals and provided 11 assists this season for the table-topper.
The award was handed to him at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on Sunday, few hours after opening the scoring for his team in their 4-nil whitewash over Swansea City as Leicester restored their 8-points lead on the log.
He said "without my teammates I wouldn't get this award, and for my manager and the staff - without them I wouldn't receive this award and I wouldn't score."
"It's the team spirit, and I want to dedicate it to them."
"It's extra special because if the players vote for me it's because they've seen I've been great this year, so I'm happy."
Leicester next game is away to Manchester United on May 1st, as the Foxes continue their chase for their first-ever Premier League title.
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