Wenger denies being in panic-buying mode

Arsene Wenger has confirmed Arsenal are close to completing the signings of Lucas Perez and Shkodran Mustafi for around £52m but denied suggestions he is panic buying and warned that football fans will be “amazed” at the amount of money spent by Premier League clubs before the transfer window closes on Wednesday. GRANADA BRINGS IN SAMPER, PEREIRA

GRANADA: Spanish football club Granada has signed talented midfielders Sergi Samper and Andreas Pereira on loan from FC Barcelona and Manchester United respectively.

In two separate statements issued on Friday, Granada said they reached the agreements to sign the two young players on loan for a season.

LONDON:

DIAWARA JOINS NAPOLI

Defensive midfielder Amadou Diawara has left Italian football club Bologna to sign a contract with Serie A rival Napoli.

ROME:

POLICE RAID KENYA OLYMPIC HEADQUARTERS

NAIROBI: Kenyan police raided the country’s Olympic headquarters on Saturday probing a corruption scam that saw some of the nations’ athletes deprived of team uniforms at the Rio Games.Three officials have been arrested in the investigation, and the raid turned up dozens of boxes containing uniforms that were destined to be worn by athletes at the Rio opening ceremony.