Claude Puel expresses his excitement for his first match as Leicester manager in their clash against Everton.
Leicester manager Claude Puel has said he hopes to "seduce" playmaker Riyad Mahrez into staying at the King Power Stadium.
Mahrez, a key part of the Leicester team that won the Premier League title, will be part of the lineup to face Everton in Puel's first game in charge since succeeding Craig Shakespeare.
The Algeria international submitted a transfer request in the summer and was linked with Arsenal and Barcelona, but ended up staying and has scored two goals in his last three matches.
And Puel said: "It is down to me to make these players want to stay by the fact we are playing good football.
"I have always got to attract them, to seduce them. It is down to me to create that environment where these players want to thrive and stay and be happy and to enjoy themselves.
"It is normal for a player, if they win the title and play Champions League, that sometimes there is disappointment, frustration because now they know the high level."
The former Southampton boss said it was "important to listen, to try to tell them it is a different opportunity, that they feel they can improve."
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