Xavi Simons, the 21-year-old striker/midfielder under contract at Paris Saint-Germain until 2027, has been loaned back to RB Leipzig for the 2024-2025 season after a long wait. There’s no option to buy, so the future remains wide open. But according to all the media, he has finally been sold.
Pour Xavi Simons, le PSG va récupérer 80M€ bonus compris
Des bonus sont facilement atteignables pour le club français
Avec @CasseJosue https://t.co/iCIHesMKgW pic.twitter.com/5IHrdRVZB7
— Santi Aouna (@Santi_J_FM) January 30, 2025
RB Leipzig are closing in on deal to sign Xavi Simons on permanent transfer from Paris Saint-Germain!
After initial loan, RB Leipzig offered package up to €75m but PSG ask for it to be around €80m.
Agreement very close, on the verge of being sealed — as BILD reported. pic.twitter.com/1QwoLhe5FV
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 30, 2025
Le PSG et le RB Leipzig ont scellé un quasi accord pour le transfert définitif de Xavi Simons
Le transfert est évalué à 50 M€ hors bonus (80 M d’euros bonus compris) comme révélé par Bild #PSG
— Abdellah Boulma (@AbdellahBoulma) January 30, 2025
Xavi Simons va quitter définitivement le PSG pour Leipzig
Transfert de 50 M€ + 30M€ de bonus facilement atteignables.
80M€ au total pic.twitter.com/ISPtHhKdya
— Fabrice Hawkins (@FabriceHawkins) January 30, 2025
Quelle surprise pour Xavi Simons Depuis son prêt à Leipzig, on vous explique que tout est déjà ficelé pour son arrivée définitive après 18 mois. Paris ne pouvait simplement pas le vendre avant car le PSV avait une clause pour récupérer 100% d’un deal. #Mercato
— Loïc Tanzi (@Tanziloic) January 30, 2025
This comes as a surprise, as it hadn’t been mentioned recently. But we could see it coming in the end, as Simons didn’t stay on when he returned from PSV Eindhoven, nor the following summer when there seemed to be room. The Dutchman had another preference, so be it.
All the same, PSG have a fine squad of players, and they’ve managed to sell a player who had come to the end of his FC Barcelona contract. It’s a good deal, even if we’d have liked to see Simons in the team.
It will also enable us to finalize the loan of Milan Skriniar (29-year-old defender) to Fenerbahçe, since this was blocked by the limit reached on loans abroad.
