{"id":271956,"date":"2025-07-18T11:53:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/271956\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T11:53:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:53:22","slug":"manchester-united-in-talks-over-xavi-simons-move-after-all-but-tying-up-bryan-mbeumo-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/271956\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United in talks over Xavi Simons move, after all but tying up Bryan Mbeumo: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United are reportedly set to turn their attention to RB Leipzig attacker Xavi Simons as they look to find an endpoint to their negotiations with Brentford over Bryan Mbeumo.<\/p>\n

The Red Devils<\/a> kicked their business off quickly this summer, announcing an agreement with Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/a> for the transfer of Matheus Cunha<\/a> at the very beginning of June.<\/p>\n

But things have slowed significantly since then at Old Trafford, with haggling over their next top target, Mbeumo<\/a>, becoming protracted.<\/p>\n

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Manchester United in the mix with two top clubs for Xavi Simons<\/p>\n

\"Xavi<\/p>\n

Simons has impressed in recent seasons for RB Leipzig (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Ruben Amorim<\/a>\u2019s side will hope their third bid for the Brentford<\/a> man, an offer worth \u00a370m in total, will be enough to finally draw a close to this chapter of the transfer window and move on to new targets.<\/p>\n

And according to reports in Spain, the powers that be in M16 already have a new name near the top of the list in Simons.<\/p>\n

\"Brentford<\/p>\n

Much of United’s current attention is focused on finalising their Bryan Mbeumo negotiations (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

According to Sport<\/a>, as quoted by Sport Witness<\/a>, United are joined by Chelsea<\/a> and Bayern Munich<\/a> in their interest in signing Simons<\/a>, with the two English sides having met with the player\u2019s representatives.<\/p>\n

The same report reveals that Simons, ranked at no.8 in FourFourTwo’s list of the best attacking midfielders<\/a> in the world right now, is keen for a new challenge away from Leipzig this summer.<\/p>\n

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Cost is thought to be a sticking point, with Sport previously reporting a \u20ac70m asking price, which follows wide reports that the Red Devils are relying on player sales to boost their budget if and when the Mbeumo deal is completed.<\/p>\n

Barcelona<\/a> sporting director Deco<\/a>, representing the Catalan club that Simons spent a significant portion of his youth career with, has also reportedly met<\/a> with the 22-year-old\u2019s agents recently. However, a deal to take the Dutchman to Camp Nou is labelled \u201cextremely complicated\u201d by the Spanish outlet.<\/p>\n

\"Netherlands<\/p>\n

Simons reportedly wants out of Leipzig this summer. (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

In FourFourTwo\u2019s view, this wouldn\u2019t make a great deal of sense for United.<\/p>\n

Simons is undoubtedly an exciting player, coming off the back of two strong Bundesliga<\/a> seasons with Leipzig, and would suit Amorim\u2019s system, but he is another direct no.10, comfortable going forward and drifting out wide.<\/p>\n

His role would surely be the ones Cunha and Mbeumo have already been brought in to fill, with the likes of Bruno Fernandes<\/a>, Mason Mount<\/a> and Amad<\/a> already capable of operating in similar areas.<\/p>\n

United need to box smart with their tight spending power, so while Simons may be an exciting player, they\u2019d be better focusing those funds on a traditional no.9 or an athletic, battling midfielder to complement Fernandes, if the latter is to play a deeper midfield role this season.<\/p>\n

Simons is valued at \u20ac70m, according to Transfermarkt<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are reportedly set to turn their attention to RB Leipzig attacker Xavi Simons as they look…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-271956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114874103186535867","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}