Transfer news: Chelsea announce Kai Havertz, Dani Ceballos re-joins Arsenal, Everton sign Allan plus fallout as Lionel Messi stays at Barcelona

Re-live all the updates and done deals from the summer transfer window as Chelsea and Arsenal completed significant deals and Premier League rivals tried to keep up

Latest football transfer news and rumours

Chelsea announced the signing of Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen on Friday evening, marking a club-record transfer as the midfielder arrived for a sum of £89million. The announcement had been long expected by fans of the Blues, who quickly took to social media to express their joy in welcoming the 21-year-old Germany international. Havertz is the final key transfer for Chelsea in a hugely successful window in which they also acquired Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva and Malang Sarr.

Soon after, Arsenal confirmed that Spanish midfielder Dani Ceballos had agreed to re-join the north London club on a season-long loan, though the Gunners are still hoping to secure the services of Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid if possible.

Fellow Premier League sides will now push on in their attempts to level the playing field, with Liverpool hoping to make progress in their move for Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara, while rivals Everton announced the signing of Allan from Napoli. Re-live all the latest live transfer updates below:

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Key Points

• Chelsea announce Kai Havertz signing in club-record transfer
• Everton confirm arrival of Allan from Napoli with James Rodriguez imminent
• Dani Ceballos re-joins Arsenal on a season-long loan

[5 September 2020 10:02 · Alex Pattle]

And here's Messi on why he decided to stay at Barcelona...

[5 September 2020 09:53 · Alex Pattle]

The biggest news from yesterday, however, was Lionel Messi's reluctant decision to stay at Barcelona after he told the Catalan club of his desire to leave last month.

The captain had been linked with moves to Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, but ultimately he confirmed that he would not leave Barca.

[5 September 2020 09:43 · Alex Pattle]

And here's all you need to know about Dani Ceballos re-joining Arsenal on a season-long loan from Real Madrid:

[5 September 2020 09:42 · Alex Pattle]

Here is the full story on Kai Havertz's arrival at Chelsea from Bayer Leverkusen, the most expensive deal in the Blues' history:

[5 September 2020 09:39 · Alex Pattle]

First up is some news from our own Melissa Reddy:

Newcastle have had a £13.75m bid for Jamal Lewis has accepted by Norwich City.

[5 September 2020 09:29 · Alex Pattle]

Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of all the latest transfer news and rumours from today!