Barcelona reject chance to re-sign ex-La Masia prospect as Laporta considers him a ‘traitor’

Only a few years ago, Xavi Simons was regarded as one of the most exciting prospects coming through the youth ranks at Barcelona.

Tipped for a bright future at the club, the attacking midfielder decided to leave the club in 2019 in favour of a bigger payday at Paris Saint-Germain. Two years into his move to France, things have not worked out as per plans for the Dutchman.

While he may have made his senior debut with Les Parisiens earlier this year, he has featured just twice with the first team and has not been part of Mauricio Pochettino’s plans for the majority of the ongoing campaign.

As a result, Xavi Simons is keen on securing an exit from Parc des Princes at the end of the season, when his current contract will run out. The 18-year-old has already informed PSG that he does not wish to sign a new deal at the club and will move on when the ongoing campaign comes to a halt, reports El Nacional.

It is further claimed that Simons is keen on returning to Barcelona and has had his agent, Mino Raiola, offer his services to the Catalan giants. But, any hopes of moving back to his boyhood club have been shot down as president Joan Laporta has no intentions of signing him in the summer, even if it would be on a free transfer.

It is because the Barca supremo considers the teenage prodigy a ‘traitor’ for having left the club in 2019 for a bigger contract and does not wish to bring him back to Catalonia. As a result, Simons has asked Raiola to keep looking for clubs for him, with the super-agent taking his client to Real Madrid.

However, the report goes on to claim that the Spanish capital outfit, too, have no intentions of signing the versatile attacking midfielder as they believe that La Fabrica products Sergio Arribas and Antonio Blanco are brighter prospects.

So, Simons could thus be heading to Scotland at the end of the campaign with reigning champions Rangers emerging as a potential destination for the ex-Barcelona prospect.