Manchester City and Algeria football player Riyad Mahrez called on Twitter’s soon-to-be owner Elon Musk to restore his Twitter verification status, after it disappeared from his profile page on Monday. The football star, who captains the North African team, amusingly tagged the Tesla owner in a plea, asking him to bring back the verification badge to his account. The badge, which appears in the form of a blue tick, is a marker of credibility for celebrities and organisations, distinguishing them from impostors, parody or troll accounts. Mahrez, who has more than 3 million followers, tweeted: “…