Xavi Simons trained daily with Mbappe, Neymar and Messi, but knows he still has a lot to prove | Dutch football

One of the things Ruud van Nistelrooij mentioned last week after the surprising transfer of Xavi Simons to PSV, was that he was impressed by the professionalism of the only 19-year-old midfielder. He has seven times as many followers on Instagram as PSV itself, while his career has barely started. He already played at Paris Saint-Germain at a level that almost no one can afford, but the perspective at PSV is even better.

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