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·20 September 2025

PSG – Simons’ agent speaks out on his departure

Having arrived at Paris Saint-Germain in 2019, Xavi Simons, a 22-year-old Tottenham striker, has never managed to establish himself within the Parisian club. In an interview with RMC Sport, his agent Ali Barat, revisited this case and provided some explanations based on the context of the time.

Barat "In football, there is no room for regrets"

"PSG was not in its current phase of youth development, even though he played a few matches. He then performed very well at PSV, Leipzig and with the Dutch national team. He is now fully part of a project at Tottenham. In football, there is no room for regrets. You always have to look forward. So, does he have any regrets? No, no, no regrets."

The context was inevitably different during this era when PSG had many stars in its squad. Subsequently, the project changed and recruitment was more focused on future talents than budding stars. Xavi Simons perhaps did not have the mentality that matched the current project of the capital's club.

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However, he was able to bounce back at Tottenham and we hope that he will be able to showcase all of his talent. He remains one of the great hopes of modern football and should confirm this in the coming years.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.