The Algerian is the club's record signing but has not started in the Premier League since the victory over Southampton at the end of December
Pep Guardiola says he is "sad" and "sorry" that Manchester City record signing Riyad Mahrez has not started a Premier League match since the end of December.
Mahrez joined from Leicester for £60 million last summer and was ultimately the Premier League champions' only senior signing, after a move for Jorginho collapsed.
The Algerian started to find his feet in Guardiola's side in the autumn, but found games harder to come by over Christmas and has virtually vanished from the Premier League set-up in the past six weeks.