Transfer rumours etc. - Tuesday 1 September 2020 (thread)

Lionel Messi will leave Barcelona this summer and is "likely" to move to Manchester City, according to presidential candidate Toni Freixa. (Goal)

Barcelona believe the only way Lionel Messi, 33, can legally leave for free is if he commits to not playing football next season. (ESPN)

The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, has urged Messi to return to boyhood club Newell's Old Boys. (C5N, via Evening Standard)

Chelsea have agreed to sign Bayer Leverkusen and Germany midfielder Kai Havertz, 21, for an initial club-record fee of £72m, which will take their summer transfer spending past £200m. (Guardian)

Manchester United are targeting RB Leipzig's French defender Dayot Upamecano, 21. (ESPN)

Spain midfielder Dani Ceballos, 24, is poised to rejoin Arsenal on a season-long loan from Real Madrid this week. (Guardian)

Clubs in Saudi Arabia and Qatar have expressed interest in signing Germany's Mesut Ozil this summer, but the Arsenal playmaker, 31, has no intention of leaving London. (Telegraph)