“I don't want to spoil your afternoon but I met him @chelsea official hotel where he checked in,” Schiavone tweeted alongside a picture with Mahrez.
“His agent to me: ‘Chelsea want Mahrez’.
Schiavone added: “#Mahrez checking in at fc #chelsea official hotel #harbour today NO #arsenal” along with a pic of the player at reception with bags.
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On his meeting with the Algerian, the journalist added: “I didn't say anything and Mahrez didn't say anything. i only tell ya what his agent said ‘Chelsea want Mahrez’.
“I did NOT see Conte and Mahrez together. I saw Mahrez outside and Conte inside. And Mahrez did NOT speak.
“For the last time. I don’t know why Mahrez was there or if he goes to Chelsea. He didn’t speak. I only took a pic with him and thats it.
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With a picture alongside Conte, Schiavone said: “I met this great man. thats why I was there. And Mahrez arrived when I left.”
And posting another pic of Conte and an unnamed man said to be Mahrez’s agent, the writer commented: “THIS MAN who spoke to Conte when I arrived told me that Chelsea want Mahrez outside.