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A top prospect born in 2003 is heating up the transfer market.
European football transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano reported on the 19th (Korea time) that `Chelsea and Arsenal are paying attention to Xavi Simmons' situation.'
Romano added 'Simmons has already been preparing to leave RB Leipzig since May. The top teams in the English Premier League (EPL) are aware of this. There are no bids or negotiations yet.'
England's cutoff side also 'Simmons' agent has opened talks with Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham over a possible summer transfer. Simmons is available for a transfer at around 60 million euros and wants to head to the EPL. Manchester United and Newcastle are also interested in Simmons. Barcelona also showed interest, but it is considered impossible to recruit due to financial problems. Liverpool and Manchester City also looked to sign, but turned to Florian Birtz and Rayan Sherki.
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Simmons is a promising player who received attention through Barcelona and PSG when he was a youth. He transferred from PSG to PSV Eindhoven ahead of the 2022-2023 season, and since then, he has been active on the Dutch stage and has been in full swing. Simmons, who won the top scorer with 19 goals and eight assists in 34 league games at Eindhoven, can play all regions of the offense and even the central midfielder, overlapping with Lee Kang-in. The advantage is that the possibility of returning to PSG last summer was discussed due to de-pressure and box hitting, and comparisons with Lee Kang-in have also appeared several times. However, Simmons chose a loan transfer instead of returning to PSG.
Simmons continued his career on loan to Leipzig. In the 2023-2024 season, he scored 10 goals and 13 assists in 43 official games, becoming the best winger in the Bundesliga, showing enough competitiveness. Since then, Simmons' choice over various options such as returning to PSG and transferring to Bayern Munich and Barcelona was a complete transfer to Leipzig. He transferred to Leipzig completely in January of this year.
But Simmons' season has been a bit of a squeak. In the game, he played 33 games with 11 goals and 8 assists, but problems in attitude and training were pointed out, raising the possibility of a transfer. News of Simmons wanting to leave Leipzig continued to be raised. In the end, a large number of English clubs are joining the recruitment of Simmons, and Simmons is increasingly likely to head to the EPL this summer. Attention is focusing on whether Simmons, a promising player representing the Netherlands, will be able to explode his potential again this summer as he heads to the EPL.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
