It didn’t take long for Xavi Simons to be adopted by Leipzig. Brilliant with PSV Eindhoven last season (22 goals, 12 assists), the 20-year-old Dutch international (7 caps) shines brightly with the Red Bulls (3 goals, 4 assists). Excellent news for the current sixth in the Bundesliga standings, but also (and above all?) for PSG, who repatriated him last summer for €6 million after losing him without compensation in 2022.
A masterstroke by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, very active in this issue. Signed for five years, the Amsterdam native was then loaned without a purchase option to Leipzig, who could already see themselves keeping him longer than expected. Some sources have even indulged in talking about an agreement in this sense. According to our information, this is 100% false.
There is not even a discussion in this sense. All options are on the table and no decision will be made for many months. Almost all options. Xavi Simons could very well return to Paris to establish himself there, if the managers and staff judge that he has the level, or see his loan to Leipzig extended, or even go elsewhere, on loan. Because in all cases, the hypothesis of a transfer in 2024 is the least likely of all at the moment. You should never say never when it comes to transfer windows and even more so at Paris Saint-Germain, but we don’t really see what could lead to this decision.
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Note that the future of the Amsterdam native is not closely linked to that of Kylian Mbappé, as one might think. Remember that the captain of the Blues is, for the moment, free in June 2024.
For him too, all options are on the table, knowing that he has made a certain number of commitments in order to get back into the good graces of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi before and after the match against Lorient. For a possible extension, we will have to wait. Probably until next year, no surprises. Still, it is not because Mbappé leaves that Simons would automatically be repatriated, even if PSG would necessarily be looking for offensive reinforcements in this scenario. And if “KM” stayed, it would not be impossible to think that the Dutchman could still come back. In short, the decisions for both will be taken independently by the management of the club with 11 championship titles.
Raised on the grain at the Barça Masia (2010-19), where he notably knew a certain Neymar, whom he sees as a “father figure”, Xavi Simons spent three years at Paris Saint-Germain (2019-22) , where he played 11 matches (0 goals, 1 assist). Not the last ones?