Xavi Simons in a match with RB Leipzig

SIMONS IS ON LOAN AT RB LEIPZIG

Barça would have explored the return of Xavi SImons this summer

Published:7/10/2023 - 18:23h

Updated:8/10/2023 - 01:04h

FC Barcelona contemplated the return of Xavi Simons this summer. As confirmed by Adrián Sánchez in 'More than balls', the Blaugrana team wanted to repechage the midfielder, but PSG went ahead and ended up giving him up to RB Leipzig

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Xavi Simons has kept the good level showed in the 2022/23 after his arrival to the RB Leipzig this summer. The mediocentro left free to the PSV Eindhoven in 2022 after a grey step by Paris Saint-Germain, but in front of his fast revaluation in the Dutch group, the Parisian directive did not lose time for repescarle this summer by alone 6 million euros, something that, according to Adrián Sánchez in 'More than balls', also wanted to do the FC Barcelona.

In accordance with the streamer, the Barça sondeó the return of the canterano like possible reinforcement for a centre of the field culé that this summer lost spare with the exits of Franck Kessié and Pablo Tower, in addition to Nico González the one who returned of his cession to Valencia to leave , almost immediately, to the Port wine. For the moment, Fermín López is the only piece with which explains Xavi Hernández for rotar in the medullary, in addition to the captain Sergi Roberto.

Xavi Simons follows revalorizándose in Europe

The mediocentro formed in The Masia is valued at present in 40 million euros in Transfermarkt. The Leipzig signed him by a season without option of purchase, by which will have to return to Paris in July of 2024. In what it goes of season, the Dutch adds 3 goals and 4 assistances in 10 parties and is still in the radar of the Manchester City, another club that was attentive to his index card in summer.

The past season, Simons contested a total of 48 parties (3.799 minutes) with the PSV Eindhoven in which it added 22 goals and 12 assistances. The only reason by which the conjoint tulip left him go by so little money was the clause of repurchase by 6 'kilos' that had reserved Paris when giving him letter of freedom in 2022 to return to his country. This, finally, was decisive to dissipate the interest of the Barça in his signing. One that yes was very interested in his cession was the Manchester United, but the Leipzig advanced to the 'network devils'.