Senegal sharpshooter Sadio Mane continued his goal-a-game streak in the English Premier League at the weekend with the second as Liverpool thrashed Arsenal 4-0 at Anfield.

Ahead of Arsenal's home game with Leicester City in the curtain-raiser to the new Premier League season on Friday, AFP Sport selects the 10 biggest transfers of the close season:

Liverpool on Thursday completed the signing of Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah from AS Roma for a fee reported to be 39 million euros ($43.5 million).The 25-year-old agreed a five-year contract with the Premier League giants.

Liverpool are closing in on Roma and Egypt winger Mohamed Salah in a deal that could be worth a club record £39 million.

Mohamed Salah and Stephan El Shaarawy fired a double apiece and Edin Dzeko struck late as Roma put Juventus's title celebrations on hold with a 5-3 win at Chievo on Saturday.

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez hold no fears for Cameroon-born Malaga goalkeeper Carlos Kameni.

African Footballer of the Year Riyad Mahrez and his predecessor, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, were among the goal scorers in the major European leagues at the weekend.

Senegal star Sadio Mane demonstrated his value to Liverpool with a three-minute brace as Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-0 in the English Premier League at the weekend.

Mohamed Salah's thumping early free-kick gave Egypt a 1-0 win against Ghana on Wednesday as they sealed their place in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Nigerian Victor Moses scored the most crucial of the four African goals in the English Premier League at the weekend as it kept Chelsea top of the table.

Egypt avenged a humiliating World Cup defeat by Ghana three years ago with a 2-0 victory Sunday in a 2018 African Group E qualifier before an 85,000 crowd in Alexandria.

Teenage Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho created the first goal and scored the second in a 2-1 derby triumph over Manchester United at the weekend.