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    Global diary

    Sep 06, 2019 8 minutes

    Thursday August 1

    ENGLAND: Arsenal sign Nicolas Pepe from Lille for a club record fee of £72m. Liverpool complete the sale of their Melwood training ground ahead of a move to a new £50m site in Kirkby in 2020.

    EUROPA LEAGUE: Play is held up for more than 30 minutes before Universitatea Craiova beat Budapest Honved on penalties after referee Arnold Hunter is struck by an object thrown from the crowd in Romania.

    Friday August 2

    ENGLAND: Sheffield United break their transfer record for a fourth time this summer, signing Swansea City striker Oli McBurnie for £17m.

    FRANCE: Vahid Halilhodzic resigns as coach of Nantes less than two weeks before the start of the new Ligue 1 season.

    RUSSIA: Zenit pay Barcelona an initial €40m to make Brazilian winger Malcom the joint-most expensive signing of all time in Russian football.

    UEFA: French referee Stephanie Frappart will be the first female to officiate a competitive men’s match organised by UEFA when she takes charge of the Super Cup between Liverpool and Chelsea in Istanbul on August 14.

    Saturday August 3

    ARGENTINA: Lionel Messi is banned from international football for three months after claiming that this year’s Copa America was “fixed for Brazil”, who beat Argentina in the semi-finals.

    Paris Saint-Germain beat Rennes 2-1 in China to

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