Football news--August 31

• Arsenal’s £92m bid to get Thomas Lemar of Monaco
• Liverpool sign Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for £35m

Arsenal’s £92m bid to get Thomas Lemar of Monaco

Arsenal have launched a £92m bid to get Monaco midfielder Thomas Lemar.

Talks are underway to sign Lemar all summer.

Arsenal’s previous £30m offer was rejected by the French side in July.

If this time Arsenal are able to complete the deal, it would surpass the £52m club-record contract signed for forward Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon.

The 21-year-old Lemar, is scheduled to play for France in Thursday's World Cup Qualifier against the Netherlands at the Stade De France in Paris.

He scored 12 goals in 39 appearances last season as Monaco won the Ligue 1 title for the first time in 17 years.

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Liverpool sign Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for £35m

Liverpool’s £35m signing for England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Arsenal is completed.

Under the five-year contract worth £120,000 a week, the 24-year-old, who on Tuesday rejected a move to Chelsea, joins Liverpool.

Oxlade-Chamberlain was in the last year of his Arsenal contract.

Oxlade-Chamberlain, who rejected a new deal worth up to £180,000 a week to stay at the Emirates, made 198 appearances for Arsenal since joining the club from Southampton in August 2011, scoring 20 goals.