Barca News
The current FC Barcelona has one of the best midfields in the world, but much has been said about the possibility of strengthening it further. This season, once again, has been very tough on Xavi Hernandez’s players in terms of injuries, robbing him of the team’s centre-back Javi, the last pass with Pedri and the tail-end of the midfield with Frenkie de Jong.
For this reason, with only Andreas Christensen now available as an improvisational pivot, and Fermin Lopez trailing him inside and Gundogan, Barcelona have concluded that a new element in the midfield will be necessary. For this reason, links between the club and its former player have emerged again.
Before injuries took hold of Barcelona’s squad once again, Xavi Hernandez had already requested a new midfielder. Specifically, he did it during the winter market, right after Javi said goodbye to the rest of the season due to an unfortunate rupture of the cruciate ligament that he suffered against Georgia with the Spanish national team.
The truth is that even though Barcelona were following in the footsteps of players like Giovani Lo Celso, the Blaugrana club could not afford more new signings due to the salary margin they had available to them at the time and used it to sign Vitor Roque onto the roster.
Therefore, Deco silently wants Xavi Simons to return to Barcelona again after his remarkable brilliance with Leipzig, especially against Real Madrid, as we all saw.
At the age of 16, the Amsterdam-born midfielder left the La Masia academy for Paris Saint-Germain. He is now loaned to German team Leipzig and next June, Xavi Simons will return to Paris Saint-Germain, with a market value of 70 million euros. Given that his contract in Paris runs until 2027, his exit could cost around 90 million euros.
Source: El Nacional
