because arsenal needed to sign a replacement, thomas lemar of monaco.omas lemar turned the deal done, and that is where the whole story collapses. his refusal tojoin arsenal whole story collapses. his refusal to join arsenal meant that they were unwilling to sanction the departure of alexis sanchez to manchester city. he was at the club and become free agent next summer, when he could join manchester city, but for now, arsenal will keep him, and hope that he will help them to success this season. tottenham have completed the signing of paris st—germain defender serge aurierfor a fee in the region of $30 million. the 24—year—old ivory coast right—back has signed a five—year contract until 2022. swansea have re—signed striker wilfried bony from manchester city after having a $16 million bid accepted for the ivory coast international. he rejoins the club he left for the etihad two and a half years ago where he also spent time on loan at stoke city. in germany, kevin kampl has signed a four—year deal with rb leipzig as they prepare for life in the champions

france had kylian mbappe, thomas lemar and antoine griezmann in their lineup but they had a humiliatinge world. sweden thrashed belarus a—nil, while the netherlands kept their hopes of automatic qualification going with a 3—1 win over bulgaria. switzerland eased to their eighth straight win in qualifying, they won 3—0 away to bottom side latvia. the swiss have a maximum 2a points in group b, three ahead of portugal although they still have to visit the european champions for a showdown in lisbon in theirfinal game. portugal, who beat 10—man hungary 1—nil away, have a vastly superior goal difference. german coachjoachim loew has condemned the fans who sang nazi era chants during their win over the czech republic on friday. the chants came on the anniversary of germany's invasion of poland in 1939 that triggered world war ii. translation: i'm not upset or sad, but i am angry. this is maybe the best description of my feelings. i am really, really upset about what happened. the fact that some so—called fans used football and the stage of an international game to bring great shame and disgra

they wanted a replacement in first, but monaco's thomas lemar turned down the chance of a £90 millionielder danny drinkwater. he'lljoin premier league champions chelsea from leicester city for £35 million. away from football, the great roger federer needed five sets to beat russia's mikhail youzhny as he moved into the third round of the us open at flushing meadows. another former champion, rafa nadal, is also through. and britain's chris froome is still the man to beat in the vuelta a espana, but a crash and some technical difficulties means his lead was been trimmed to 59 seconds after stage 12. i'll be back with more on those stories just after ten. lovely, hugh, thank you very much. more than 1,000 people have died in devastating floods affecting india, bangladesh and nepal. the disaster has been caused by one of the heaviest monsoons on record and has left millions needing aid. across the globe, residents are still struggling to cope let's speak to mark pierce from save the children in dhaka, bangladesh and francis markus from the international red cross in nepal. 0bviously much

but arsenal were turned down by monaco‘s thomas lemar after a £92 million bid, and so refused to letly really want to qualify for the champions league and clearly what came about last night was they were willing to let the player go who they felt was integral to them getting to the champions league unless they had a player who could come in and fulfil that role just as well for them, so the money involved and garfunkel champions league versus the £60 million tra nsfer league versus the £60 million transfer fee, those two things met out pretty evenly. midfielder danny drinkwater did manage a move late last night — he's gone from leicester to chelsea for £35 million. that was after everton‘s ross barkley changed his mind aboutjoining antonio conte‘s side. but the summer transfer window might not be quite over yet. liverpool's brazilian star phillipe coutinho has long been wanted by barcelona but the merseysiders rejected a £114 million bid. the spanish transfer window doesn't close until tonight so it could still happen. lewis hamilton headed a mercedes one—two in first practice at the

they were however turned down by monaco's thomas lemar. they had a £92 million bid.nt on deadline day we shouldn't forget that it is international week, with all of the home nations involved in world cup qualifiers this weekend. scotland badly need to win to keep their hopes alive in group f. they will play live the wynyard knight, four point off play—off spot. they have only one mac once there before. the manager though is staying confident. there's a psychology to it. there is training and information you pass on. there's not going to be a speech that makes them feel any better, i don't think that could work now. generally you make sure that the players are prepared, they feel comfortable with the way they are prepared, the amount of time they have the tin and the training they have the tin and the training they have put into it. also in group f, england arrived at their camp in malta and head of the meeting to night. gareth southgate said he has chosen the new captain in wayne rainey‘s absence. the players will not be informed until later today —— wayne rooney. no