The information came out very early this Sunday in the Dutch media. And it was quickly made official by the PSV. Xavi Simons will sign his return to PSG this summer, a year after his departure. For months already, there was talk of a Parisian offer for the player trained at La Masia. The Ile-de-France management did indeed have a buyout option, and it was exercised.
“Xavi Simons will leave training camp immediately to transfer to Paris Saint Germain. The 20-year-old striker arrived at PSV last year and has become an important part of Ruud van Nistelrooy’s team.wrote the Eredivisie team in an official press release published on its website.
A brilliant season at PSV
Author of an exceptional season in the Dutch league, he scored 19 goals and provided 8 assists in 34 league games. Enough to convince Parisian decision-makers to exercise this buyout option, the amount of which is not officially known, but which is around 6 to 8 million euros according to the media.
He is the seventh recruit for the Paris transfer window, after having recruited players like Lucas Hernandez or Marco Asensio. It now remains to be seen what Luis Enrique’s plans for Xavi Simons will be, since the possibility of him leaving on loan cannot be ruled out. We can also imagine that his future in Paris is linked to the future of Kylian Mbappé…
