THE DUTCH PREFERRED PSV
Madrid took a "no" from Xavi Simons this summer
Published:3/07/2022 - 14:47h
Updated:3/07/2022 - 14:50h
Xavi Simons surprised this week with his signing for PSV Eindhoven, the club with which he will play for the next five seasons. According to 'L'Equipe', the FC Barcelona youth squad rejected a proposal from Real Madrid to join Castilla
The PSV Eindhoven gave a hit on the table of the European market this week with the signing of Xavi Simons. The midfield player of 19 years gave the slam to Paris Saint-Germain and preferred to return to his country, but the PSG was not the only club in receiving a "no" by part of the canterano of the FC Barcelona. As 'L'Instrument', the Real Madrid wanted to ficharle to reinforce to the Castilla, an option that the one of Ámsterdam refused almost immediately.
Likewise, the French newspaper detailed that the aim of the PSG was to renew to Simons to yield him to another club, since clearly it did not have too many possibilities to play with the first team. However, the Dutch finish signing with the PSV descartando, even, the option of repurchase for Paris in his new agreement, something that bothered a lot to the directive of the Park of the Princes.
Xavi arrived to the PSG in 2019 after finalising agreement in the inferior of the Barça. After two years in the filial of the Parisian group, the player of 19 years could play 12 parties with the first team, adding an assistance in the Glass of France. In the UEFA Youth League, by his part, the midfield player converted 5 goals and 6 assistances in 12 meetings, arriving until the quarter-finals of the continental tournament.
For the Madrid, Simons offered the possibility to reinforce the midfield of the group directed by Raúl González with a player distinguished by technical quality and polivalencia, since it can surrender like pivote or '10' born. Likewise, his good hit and capacity of definition did that, in spite of his youth, in The Masia considered him like one of the youngsters more talentosos of the inferior blaugranas.
Xavi Simons expects to triumph in the PSV
Xavi decanted by the PSV, since there yes will have the possibility to play with regularity in First Division. Besides, the group directed by the German Roger Schmidt will play the next edition of the Champions League, an excellent vitrina for a Dutch whose value of market in Transfermarkt reaches the 4 million euros. In the PSV, Simons will have to win a place in a marked staff by the youth in where Marco go Ginkel (29 years) is the most experienced of the midfield.
