A product of Barcelona’s La Masia academy, Simons moved to Paris St-Germain in 2019 as a young person earlier than impressing throughout a mortgage spell at PSV in 2022-23.
He would spend the subsequent two seasons at Leipzig, scoring 22 objectives and offering 24 assists in 78 video games throughout all competitions for the German facet.
He could be the second main switch from Leipzig to the Premier League this summer season, following Benjamin Sesko’s transfer to Manchester United in a deal price £73.7m.
Named Xavi, after the previous Barcelona and Spain midfielder, Simons has lengthy been one of the crucial sought-after gamers in Europe.
Simons shortly turned a gem within the Catalan giants’ esteemed academy after becoming a member of aged seven, and was recognised far past it.
By the point he was 14, Simons boasted greater than 1,000,000 Instagram followers, a contract with Nike and had starred in an advert alongside Neymar and Ronaldinho.
But at 16, Simons’ profession trajectory took an enormous detour. Having failed to succeed in an settlement with Barcelona he joined PSG, following within the footsteps of his idol Neymar – saying the Brazilian sorted him like a “little brother”.
At 17, in February 2021, he made his debut however additional alternatives have been restricted and, by the tip of the next season, Simons had amassed simply 11 senior appearances in all competitions.
He went seeking common soccer.
A flexible prospect who operates on both wing or behind the striker and speaks six languages, he has already been linked with the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Bayern Munich, however seems to have now received his transfer to the Premier League.
He has made 28 appearances for the Netherlands, having turn out to be the nation’s youngest participant to function within the knockout levels of the World Cup when he made his debut in opposition to the USA in Qatar in 2022.
