Paris Saint-Germain playmaker Xavi Simons looks as if he will be on the move this summer, after a successful season on loan at RB Leipzig. Bayern Munich are keen on the Dutchman, although before Euro 2024, it was suggested Barcelona might try to bring him back to Catalonia on loan this summer.
That appears to have been ruled out, but with the Euros over, it does seem as if there will be news soon, with the 21-year-old keen to leave PSG. Simons left Barcelona for PSG at just 16 years of age, with many presuming that the French giants had offered him a much more lucrative deal. After the Netherlands were knocked out by England in Euro 2024, Simons suggested that not all was as it seemed with his exit.
“I am a boy who works every day to achieve my dreams. People may have an opinion that they have been told. What I can say is that everything they say is not true. One day I will talk about everything that happened. I have many people who support me and gambled on me and that is what I focus on,” quote Sport.
Simons was the poster boy for La Masia for several years, racking up hundreds of thousands of followers on social media and signing a sponsorship deal, even as a 15-year-old. The Catalan daily go on to suggest that Simons left for the PSG project, and that he wanted guarantees that he would get his chance in the first team if he kept developing.
There would never be an end to this kind of stories emanating from Barcelona. There seem to almost always be a feud, rift or some sort of misunderstanding between a departed, or departing player and Barcelona. From what Simons is saying, it’s obvious there was more to his departure than the public knows. And as usual, you can be sure it’s one of the “sorry” stories, Barcelona have been synonymous with lately.