Xavi Simons gets everyone in agreement in Germany! Loaned for a season without purchase option by Paris Saint-Germain at the end of a 2022-2023 financial year successfully completed by PSV Eindhoven, the Dutch midfielder only needed four games of Bundesliga to make its mark in Leipzig. As we mentioned this weekend, the 20-year-old prodigy has 3 goals and 4 assists. For his first meeting with the Saxons in the Champions League against Young Boys Bern, the Batavian was awarded the player of the match title.
In full swing, Xavi Simons likes it in Leipzig. However, the ex-PSV player could have bounced back elsewhere than with the last winner of the German Cup according to information from Sports Bild. According to the German media, Borussia Dortmund tried to enlist him this summer. Despite negotiations which evolved in the right direction and the player’s interest in the Ruhr club, the transfer collapsed in the face of management’s intransigence, categorically refusing to loan his player by adding a purchase option. . In addition, the overall cost of the loan as well as the salary requested by the Amsterdammer slowed down the Marsupials.
