Xavi Simons sends Chelsea wordless message as RB Leipzig star makes transfer feelings known

Xavi Simons has sent Chelsea a wordless connection connected societal media. The 22-year-old attacking midfielder has been heavy linked with a determination to the Premier League this summertime aft RB Leipzig failed to suffice for the Champions League.

Simons, who sees his declaration astatine the Red Bull Arena expire successful June 2027, featured 25 times successful the Bundesliga past season, scoring 10 goals and providing 7 assists. Despite his champion efforts, the German outfit failed to suffice for either of UEFA's 3 nine competitions.

It's the archetypal clip that Leipzig person failed to decorativeness extracurricular the top-four successful six years, and the archetypal clip that they've missed retired connected Europe altogether since their promotion to the top-flight successful 2016. With the nine acceptable to miss retired connected important prize money, they could beryllium forced to currency successful connected Simons this summer.

Last month, football.london understood that Chelsea had identified the Netherlands planetary arsenic a target. The Blues person been 1 of respective clubs keeping a adjacent oculus connected his situation.

football.london understands that Leipzig privation €80m (£68m) for Simons, who has conscionable 2 years near connected his deal. While the German outfit are not thought to beryllium actively looking to merchantability the Dutchman, there's an acceptance astatine the Red Bull Arena that he volition look to determination connected eventually.

In the meantime, Simons has been enjoying his summertime holiday. On Wednesday, helium uploaded immoderate pictures of himself to his Instagram story, grooming connected what looked to beryllium a backstage shot transportation and gym.

With a transportation connected the cards, Simons seems keen to enactment acceptable up of pre-season. According to German outlet Bild, Leipzig are yet to person immoderate enquiries regarding the Dutchman, who wants to articulation a 'top European club'.

The study claims that it's ' questionable' whether Xavi would beryllium up for a determination to Newcastle United, and that he'd similar to articulation Barcelona, wherever helium archetypal made a sanction for himself successful La Masia arsenic a youngster.

Back successful March, Simons showed his existent colours, insisting that he's acceptable to enactment the squad earlier himself successful bid for Leipzig to get backmost connected track. Speaking to Bild, arsenic quoted by Bulinews, helium said: "Everyone has to amended - including me.

"But astatine the extremity of the day, we're each human. Not everything is cleanable each the time. But we enactment hard to marque the fans blessed successful the end. That's the process, and it's getting better.

"It's not astir Xavi. It's astir RB Leipzig. We person to lick things unneurotic - and we will. We inactive person 9 games and are successful the cup. We volition proceed to bid hard for that."

A mates of weeks later, Stuttgart knocked Leipzig retired of the DFB Pokal, winning 3-1 to publication a spot successful the final. Then, successful April, Simons provided a little update connected his aboriginal astatine the Red Bull Arena.

Speaking to Sky Sports writer Florian Plettenberg, Simons said: "I’m inactive a young player, I person galore dreams – and the nine knows that. But close now, the astir important happening for maine is to play good successful the upcoming games.

"Then we person the planetary matches, and aft that we’ll beryllium down and spot what happens..."

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