With each day that passes, Leipzig sees its chances of keeping Xavi Simons diminish. Not because the player does not have the desire to extend his freelance in Germany, but because despite himself, he is starting to become a little too big for the club. Loaned since last summer by PSG, who repatriated him at the same time after his resounding spell at PSV, the Dutchman has not slowed down and continues to delight. Just yesterday, the player trained at Masia donned a suit large enough to offer victory to the RBL against Mönchengladbach (2-0).
Starting in support of Poulsen and Openda, the 20-year-old opened the scoring after a quarter of an hour of play following a supersonic sequence. With a more bleeding Poulsen in the zone of truth, he could even have afforded one or two more assists. But when it comes to evaluating Simons’ statistical performance this season, the record remains very flattering: 6 goals and 7 assists in 21 Bundesliga matches, which makes him the second most decisive player at his club behind Openda.
Mbappé’s departure risks turning everything upside down
If the thesis of an extended one-year loan to Leipzig was mentioned in Germany, Leipzig is now getting used to the idea that Simons will return to Paris in June. According to BILD, the recent information linked to the news of Kylian Mbappé, who will join Real Madrid at the end of the season as we revealed to you on January 7, would not inspire optimism among German leaders. Questioned on the subject, the sporting director of Leipzig, Rouven Schröder, recognized that it would be complicated to keep the Batavian international (11 caps), without being fatalistic on this issue.
“For us, this is the beginning of a rather negative reflection, he admitted, before returning to the latest rumors of an extended loan for Simons. This is not true (that he had leaked the information to the press). We always said we were very happy that Xavi was here. At the end of the season, he will return to Paris, as planned, and we will then have the opportunity to ask again this summer to keep Xavi.” Clearly, Leipzig today remains dependent on PSG. And in all likelihood, the capital club should force its counterpart to rethink its plans with the departure of Kylian Mbappé. A file which risks further livening up the transfer window.
