Xavi Simons has set his sights on a return to FC Barcelona. Deco, sporting director of the Spanish club, even met with the Simons camp on Thursday, Sport reports. However, a transfer for the Dutch int...
Xavi Simons has set his sights on a return to FC Barcelona. Deco, sporting director of the Spanish club, even met with the Simons camp on Thursday, Sport reports. However, a transfer for the Dutch international is considered highly unlikely.
Simons’s contract with RB Leipzig runs until June 30, 2027, but he’s reportedly keen to leave Germany. He’s already informed Die Roten Bullen of his intention to leave on several occasions. The player, adept in midfield and further forward, would ideally like to return to Barcelona, where he played as a youth player between 2010 and 2019.
To fulfil Simons’ wish, his entourage decided to schedule a meeting with Deco. The meeting took place on Thursday afternoon at a Barcelona hotel. According to Sport, the meeting lasted 45 minutes. While Barcelona are interested in the idea of Simons’ return, a deal with Leipzig is “currently almost unthinkable”.
Barcelona still face financial difficulties and therefore seem unable to afford the €70 million Simons is expected to cost. “His current price tag is completely unaffordable,” Sport even states.
Simons himself also seems aware that it’s currently difficult, if not impossible, to move to Barcelona. The former PSV player was also recently linked with Bayern Munich, but that interest doesn’t seem concrete at the moment either.
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