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Simply as rumours of Manchester United’s curiosity in Paris Saint-Germain’s Xavi Simons had been beginning to construct, a brand new report this afternoon maintains that curiosity is more likely to quantity to nothing.
The 22 yr previous spent final season on mortgage at RB Leipzig within the Bundesliga, the place he scored ten objectives and supplied 15 assists in 42 video games.
Leipzig have been eager to take the participant, who’s rumoured to not be favoured by PSG coach Luis Enrique, on mortgage once more this season, however have confronted competitors for his companies from Bayern Munich, who had been stated to be keen to buy him.
United supervisor Erik ten Hag is understood to be a giant fan of Simons and spoke about him in glowing phrases not too long ago. This fuelled hypothesis that the Crimson Devils had been inquisitive about bringing the Dutchman to Previous Trafford.
In the meantime, PSG’s curiosity in Jadon Sancho seemed to have given United a bargaining chip within the race, with one report even suggesting a double swap deal was being thought of, with Manuel Ugarte and Simons coming to Previous Trafford and Sancho and Bruno Fernandes going the opposite approach.
Nonetheless, switch guru Fabrizio Romano claims that PSG don’t in actual fact wish to promote the star.
Furthermore, Romano believes that Leipzig are near touchdown the gifted attacking midfielder on one other season-long mortgage, or at the least, consider they’re.
“Perceive RB Leipzig are actually assured to get inexperienced mild for Xavi Simons,” Romano posted on X this afternoon.
“Switch battle with Bayern nonetheless ongoing however Leipzig CEO Mintzlaff, pushing in talks to carry Xavi again.
“PSG don’t have any plans to promote Xavi, open to mortgage transfer… and RB Leipzig hope to get it performed.”
🚨⚪️🔴 Perceive RB Leipzig are actually assured to get inexperienced mild for Xavi Simons.
Switch battle with Bayern nonetheless ongoing however Leipzig CEO Mintzlaff, pushing in talks to carry Xavi again.
PSG don’t have any plans to promote Xavi, open to mortgage transfer… and RB Leipzig hope to get it performed. pic.twitter.com/6MsHLD4igs
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 23, 2024
Simons was at all times an extended shot for United followers in a summer time the place different positions carried the next precedence and the place funds had been strictly restricted.
The information is a good distance from Romano’s well-known “right here we go”, and if United are genuinely within the working there’s nonetheless an opportunity they might swing a deal their approach, notably if the mortgage of Simons may very well be used as leverage in negotiations for the sale of Sancho.
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