Ranieri should drop these 3 Leicester players ahead of their Champions League clash

Riyad Mahrez

Another player who looks a shadow of the man who won last season’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year award, Riyad Mahrez is struggling to reproduce his best form.

The Algeria international started the season reasonably well, both in the league and in Europe, yet has gone off the boil in recent weeks, and it may be time to take him out of the spotlight.

Giving Demarai Gray or Jeffrey Schlupp a start instead of the 25-year-old could be a better option for Ranieri on Tuesday, and could also be better for Mahrez in the long run.