Le Parisien’s Benjamin Quarez reported this past week that Xavi Simons is set to join RB Leipzig on loan. This move allows Paris Saint-Germain to retain full control over his future in 2025 and gives them the potential to receive the entire transfer fee next summer.
If Simons were sold this summer, PSV would claim 60 percent of the fee. Simons has no plans to return to PSG, as his real ambition is to play in the Premier League, possibly in 2025.
However, the question remains: Why couldn’t the Parisians work out a loan move with an obligation to buy with one of the top European clubs keen on him, such as Bayern Munich and Manchester United?
CBS Sports’ Jonathan Johnson appeared on the latest episode of PSG Talking and noted the tricky situation that is preventing the capital club from moving off a player who likely doesn’t want to be in the French capital long-term.
“It’s a very complicated one,” Johnson said. “We’ve spoken about it a number of times over the last couple of weeks, and I think the possibility of another loan with RB Leipzig is the reflection of the fact that it’s too difficult at this moment in time for PSG to be able to negotiate a permanent move to a Bayern Munich or to anybody else.
“And because of that, the only real possibility, in order to cut PSV out of what they would earn should this deal happen tomorrow, is to loan him out again. And that’s obviously a big hit for PSG because they would have liked to have brought him back. But it’s. Yeah, it’s been complicated because of the terms that were accepted and had to be accepted at the time in order to bring back Xavi Simons from that spell with PSV.”
