He was one of the big surprises of this summer, the player was clear about his desire to return to Barcelona, but ended up choosing to stay at RB Leipzig . Xavi Simons belongs to PSG , who signed him as a free agent in the 2019/20 season. He has not been able to have continuity or minutes in Paris and hence he considered leaving the club coached by Luis Enrique this summer.
A move that surprised and annoyed the Blaugrana ranks a lot, the arrival of the Dutch player to Paris unleashed a furious attack from the board towards the player's agents. Surprisingly, Luis Enrique Martínez does not count on him for this season, and it has been decided, on behalf of the Parisians, to continue with his loan at the Red Bull team. He dazzled at PSV Eindhoven , playing 48 games , scoring 22 goals and giving 12 assists , showing that he was capable of something more.
Since his arrival in German football, he has shown his maturity and class, and alongside Marco Rose he has played 47 games , with 11 goals and 16 assists in total, being undisputed. For the coach, he is one of his key players and the player who is the danger for the German team. He relies on his imbalance to break down the rival defences.
Former culé and Simeone's favourite
It is one of the great desires of Joan Laporta , the president of FC Barcelona dreams of his arrival, he knows that he has Barça DNA and wants to recover him for the Blaugrana club. Not only Barcelona has been after his services; Atlético de Madrid has also been. With Diego Simeone at the helm, the rojiblancos asked PSG this summer.
The answer was that he wouldn't be able to leave on loan and that the Madrid club were not interested in him on loan, so that possibility was quickly discarded. He is a very skilful player with a great goal-scoring ability, who would fit into Diego Pablo Simeone 's system. He is reminiscent of Yannick Carrasco 's early days, with that explosiveness and that winning one-on-one. He really likes to shoot from outside the area.
Main threat for Atlético in the Champions League
He will be, absolutely, one of the biggest threats, if not the most dangerous, for the German team in their visit to the Metropolitano this Thursday. Marco Rose 's men come to Madrid looking to make things very difficult for Cholo Simeone's men. With Xavi Simons as their main star, Red Bull 's men will try to assault the red-and-white home ground and take an important victory in their visit to Madrid for the Champions League .
Xavi Simons will once again be the target of the Barça president in the summer, who wants to bring him to the club by any means and team him up with Dani Olmo , his other signing this summer. They met last season at RB Leipzig and got on well together. He has not met Lamine Yamal , although they also know each other from La Masia.
A recent photograph revealed the relationship that Xavi Simons has with other teammates in the Barça dressing room, such as Fermín López , Alejandro Balde or Gavi . They all coincided in their formative years at La Masía. Only Xavi is missing to recover that golden generation, and Joan Laporta is working on it.