French giants PSG have resigned once Rangers-linked playmaker Xavi Simons after a barnstorming season with PSV – only to immediately line up a loan move to RB Leipzig.
The Dutch wonderkid, 20, spent last at the Philips Stadion and wound up sharing the Eredivise’s golden boot after initially suffering Champions League heartbreak at the hands of Rangers.
This came after Rangers were extensively linked with a move for Xavi Simons back in 2022, the young midfielder’s contract at PSG ticking down and the Ibrox side’s Dutch coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst a potential lure for the kid.
As things would transpire, the youngster would move to PSV Eindhoven and such has been Xavi Simons’ success in the Netherlands, PSG have activated a buy-back clause to bring him back to France.
Fabrizio Romano has reported that this was worth a cool €6m (£5m) with the initial plan to keep Xavi Simons around if either Kylian Mbappe or Neymar left the French super club.
In an apparent hint that both the French phenomenon or the Brazilian superstar won’t leave Paris this summer, Fabrizio Romano then claimed that Simons had made his mind up on a switch to RB Leipzig.
This comes with several top clubs, including Premier League sides Arsenal and Manchester United, having been linked throughout the summer.
And all of this before we’d even had the chance to tip Rangers to resurrect the apparent interest from 2022!
Rangers-linked Xavi Simons returns to PSG
Jokes aside, the great strides Xavi Simons has made in his career already, and the high hopes held for him by PSG, appear to suggest that all that talk of Rangers interest was a tad ambitious.
Rangers never signed a single Dutch player under the management of Giovanni van Bronckhorst and it’s a little bit grey regarding those reports linking the club to the former Barca youth star.
But as PSG move to resign Xavi Simons, fans might point to comments made by Ross Wilson regarding a deal for a Dutchman failing at the final hurdle under GVB.
With the club also strongly linked to on-form Union Berlin defender Danilo Doekhi, the lack of clarity over who the outgoing Rangers director was referring to has plenty still musing over whether Xavi Simons is one that got away.
There is one positive to all of this however given PSV Eindhoven are a potential opponent in the Champions League Playoff once again this season.
Should the Gers once again draw the Eredivisie side, Michael Beale now knows that he will not be facing off against Xavi Simons in the Netherlands.
