Riyad Mahrez has admitted that he once pulled off a daring escape in order to get away from the cold of Scotland after a trial with St Mirren. The midfielder could help Leicester City to their first Premier League title with victory over Manchester United on Sunday, live on Sky Sports 1, after a remarkable season which has also seen him crowned PFA Player of the Year.However, the Algerian revealed that things have not always been so rosy for him after recounting a two-month trial spell at the then First Division side, where he compared the Scottish weather to abuse. Mahrez won the PFA Player of the Year award for this season Eventually, the cold got too much for him, leading him to leave his football gear behind as he left the club, borrow a bike and sneak out of his hotel in order to escape.An agent, Jean Evina, told me he had trial for me in the Scottish First Division with St Mirren reserves, Mahrez told LEquipe. He paid for my ticket and I went with another guy from Sarcelles [a suburb in Northern Paris], Dany Bekale. It went well. I played four friendlies and I scored seven goals. I killed them. And then they made me wait. Two-and-a-half months.Id had enough. It drove me crazy, Scotland. It was cold. It was abuse. It was snowing and everything... I was so cold that one day I faked an injury to go to the locker room. Riyad Mahrez admits hes shocked to find out hes the first African to win the PFA Player of the year award It was physical and it was cold. We trained in the snow! I felt that I progressed; I wasnt allowed to go so I left in secret.Anyway... a few days later, my agent said... Riyad, Ive sent you a ticket, you take the bus right away, get off at Glasgow Station and you get on the train to the airport, then you take the flight to Paris. Mahrez is on the brink of guiding Leicester to the Premier League title I did not speak English at all. I left my boots at the training ground. I borrowed a bike from a guy from the hotel, I took my football trainers, I made my bag and I left without telling anyone. Not even the lady at the hotel. I left via a staircase which avoided the reception.Mahrez eventually signed for French club Le Havre after a spell with amateur side Quimper, before joining Leicester for £400,000 in 2014. Claudio Ranieri has warned his Leicester players that they sill have work to do if theyre to win their first Premier League title Also See: Ranieri: Time to be strong Sky Live: Man Utd v Leicester Leicester could embarrass Utd Backing the Blues Day Clearance Custom Baseball Jerseys . In the response filed Wednesday to the complaint by 30-year-old Alexander Bradley, attorneys say the former University of Florida player is invoking his Fifth Amendment right that protects people from incriminating themselves. Custom Baseball Jerseys China . A statement from the worlds top-ranked player says all checks "were satisfactory and showed positive evolution" regarding the injury, which contributed to his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the final in Melbourne. http://www.baseballjerseyscustom.com/ . -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Wholesale Custom Jerseys . However, he did make them miss him a little less. Cundiff, who had the unenviable job of replacing Dawson last season, agreed Thursday to a one-year, $1. Cheap Custom Baseball Jerseys Free Shipping . Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday that allowed the veteran right-hander to retire as a member of team with which he broke into the majors and spent the bulk of his distinguished 16-year career. Pelicans star Anthony Davis?returned to the lineup Friday night against the Portland Trail Blazers.?Davis sat out Wednesday nights loss to the Orlando Magic because of a thigh injury. He was injured Monday against the Boston Celtics and complained of tightness the day after.?Davis is averaging 30.5 points, 11.2 rebounds and a league-leading 2.91 blocks this season.New Orleans also had point guard Jrue Holiday back Friday night.?The guard has spent the past three months on leave because his wife, retired international soccer star Lauren Holliday, needed brain surgery to remove a benign tumor last month, just weeks after giving birth to their first child, a daughter.ddddddddddddHoliday will come off the bench in his season debut, New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry confirmed. Gentry said Holiday wont play more than 30 minutes as he works his way back into game shape.Information from ESPNs Justin Verrier and The Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '