RB Leipzig sees Liverpools Elliott as the ideal Xavi Simons replacement

U21 European champion from Liverpool

RB Leipzig is preparing for a possible exit from Xavi Simons. How transfer market has experiencedthe Saxons lead the race for Liverpools Harvey Elliott. According to this, the Bundesliga club is considered a perfect replacement for the equally old Dutchman Simons, who wants to leave Leipzig towards FC Chelsea this summer.

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	H. Elliott
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Liverpool FC 32 % RB Leipzig Premier League Bundesliga

Elliott is said to have already conducted talks with Leipzig’s head coach Ole Werner and sports director Marcel Schäfer and signaled interest in switching to the red bulls. Born in London, with a reds contract until 2027, the prospect of more playing time. Elliott recently won the title at the U21 European Championship with the English juniors and was elected to the tournament player.

For the Liverpool professionals, the offensive player was on the pitch 147 times, taking 15 goals and 20 templates. Elliott was missing in autumn 2024 due to a break, collecting eight goal involvement in 28 seasonal assignments, in which he was only allowed to participate for 822 minutes. Its market value had dropped shortly before the U21 European Championship from 35 million to 30 million euros.

In 2019, Elliott was hired by his training association FC Fulham under the then LFC coach Jürgen Klopp for 1.7 million euros. The 58-year-old has been in Red Bull’s worldwide football chief since the beginning of the year, but has not integrated into the day-to-day business in Leipzig. According to TM information, sports director Schäfer conducts the negotiations around Elliott’s personnel.

If there is a conclusion between Chelsea and Simons, the London RB would rinse a sum of over 50 million euros into the till for the third time since 2020. For Timo Werner, 53 million euros were collected in 2020 and 60 million euros for Christopher Nkunku 2023. Both are among the ten most expensive sales in Leipzig’s club history.

Original: Manuel Veth / German version: Philipp Marquardt