According José Barroso in L'Équipe, manchester united and Arsenal are in the battle to sign on-loan Paris Saint-Germain star Xavi Simons this summer.
The 21-year-old has already traveled around Europe, even at his young age, leaving Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain when he was 16, before spending a season at PSV Eindhoven, before the Parisiens exercised a buy-back clause in his contract, which brought him back to the French capital for €6 million.
He then spent the most recent season on loan at RB Leipzig, scoring 10 goals in 43 appearances as Roten Bullen finished fourth in the Bundesliga.
On July 1 he will officially be a PSG player again, and the Ligue 1 champions will attempt to loan him out again before finally reintegrating him into their first team in the future.
Simons is currently at the European Championship, starting in the Netherlands' 2-1 victory over Poland at the Volksparkstadion on Sunday afternoon, so some good performances in Germany will only increase his interest.
When asked about his future, Simons said: “I will make a decision after the Euros and a short break. “I want to be focused on the tournament because that is my current priority and then I will talk to PSG.”
Would Simons be a good signing for Manchester United?
As we know it, Erik ten Hag He likes to sign players he knows, having brought André Onana, Mason Mount, Lisandro Martínez and Antony to Manchester United, all players he had previously managed, and also acquiring fellow Dutchman Tyrell Malacia and Wout Weghorst.
Now that it has been confirmed that Ten Hag will stay at Old Trafford, it will be interesting to see if he continues to have a say in the matter. transferas Sir Jim Ratcliffe continues to restructure the club off the field.
On the field, Simons could offer the attacking creativity that Man United has been lacking, forming a midfield trio with Kobbie Mainoo and Bruno Fernandes, essentially filling the position that neither Christian Eriksen nor the aforementioned Mount have been able to nail down.
Could Simons take Arsenal to the next level?
12 months ago, all the transfer talk surrounding Arsenal revolved around trying to find this now infamous 'left eight', who was looking to replace Granit Xhaka, join Declan Rice and Martin Ødegaard in the midfield trio.
Kai Havertz He was recruited to be this player, but he only seemed comfortable in attack so, once again, midfield is an area Mikel Arteta seeks to strengthen itself.
Simons was spectacular against the Gunners during his time at PSV, a 2-0 win European League defeat in Eindhoven for Arteta's team in 2022, so it is no surprise that Arsenal are interested.
The Dutchman is valued at around £68 million per Transfer market Therefore, a loan for the 21-year-old player would allow Arsenal to allocate their resources to other positions.
