Mark Ogden talks Arsenal's transfer deadline day as Thomas Lemar rejected the Gunners and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain jumped ship for Liverpool. Arsene Wenger has confirmed Arsenal bid €100 million for Monaco midfielder Thomas Lemar on deadline day and says the club will try to sign the France international again. Sources told N FC that Arsenal had accepted an offer of £55m plus a further £5m in add-ons from Manchester City for winger Alexis Sanchez, whose contract runs out next summer, but the deal was dependent on Arsenal finding a replacement. A source confirmed to N FC on Thursday that Arsenal had made a club-record bid for Lemar not long before the transfer window shut at...
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