Leipzig: Xavi Simons’ beautiful tribute to Neymar

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By: Manu Tournoux

Leipzig: Xavi Simons’ beautiful tribute to Neymar

Today in the colors of RB Leipzig, Xavi Simons (20 years old), on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, gave an interview to Sky Sports. The opportunity for the former PSV Eindhoven player to talk about his debut in the Bundesliga but also to pay a nice tribute to a certain Neymar…

“It’s not easy for a young player to join a big team, with your idols and big stars. He (Neymar, editor’s note) already knew me in Barcelona and was like a father to me. I will always be grateful to him. It was a big dream to play with my idol and he is still an important person to me”Simons said about his former teammate, recently transferred to Saudi Arabia.

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