“Believe me, we don’t work a lot in the gym at Barça.” Xavi Simons didn’t mince words when he talked about his former club about him. When asked about his development, the 19-year-old midfielder believes the physical work he has been doing for years is paying off. “I had to find something to defend myself during matches,” said the Dutchman who is playing for PSV Eindhoven today. His club won 2-0 against Arsenal in the Europa League on Thursday night.
Xavi Simons had evolved in Barcelona from 2010 to 2019 before moving to PSG. “I saw the difference. At PSG they worked in the gym, “he said, criticizing in passing the fact that Barça trained only with the ball. However, it is not at PSG that the environment has fully blossomed. He left the French league without scoring a single goals.
In Holland, however, it shines under its new colors. He has scored ten goals and provided 3 assists in nineteen games since his arrival in the summer of 2022.
