RB Leipzig has given Xavi Simons permission to travel to London for transfer discussions with both Tottenham and Chelsea, who have long led the race for the Dutch attacker
Tottenham goes against each other with Chelsea for Xavi Simons after RB Leipzig gave the Dutch attacker permission to fly to London for face-to-face discussions about his future. Simons has held a move to Stamford Bridge after he agreed verbally of personal conditions with the blues earlier this summer.
However, Chelsea is aimed at the sale of players and making space within the Enzo Maresca team that apparently offered Spurs a chance.
After missing both Morgan Gibbs-White and Ebereechi, Tottenham will probably only make a formal bid if they receive an encouragement from Simons that he wants to move to N17 to prevent further shame about the transfer to be confronted.
It is crucial that Chelsea has now agreed to sell Christopher Nunku to AC Milan for an initial £ 32.85 million plus another £ 4.3 million in bonuses, which are expected to accelerate their plans to bring in further attacking reinforcements.
A movement for Alejandro Garnacho from Manchester United remains advanced and a case of when – not if – because the Argentinian has already agreed several approaches from the Premier League, Bayern Munich and Saudi -Arabia to priority to the new crowned world champion.
Fermin Lopez of Barcelona has also emerged as a serious target after first conversations with the 22-year-old Spain International, but every deal would probably be at the expense of signing Simons.
Super-agent Ali Barat treats the future of Simons alongside the brother and adviser Faustino Simons of the Dutchman. Barat in particular has strong connections in Chelsea and was recently seen in the Director's Box for their friendly victory over Bayer Leverkusen.
He was also involved in the deal that saw the Blues Noni Madueke selling to Arsenal and was also involved in the process of finding Willaway striker Nicolas Jackson a new club.
German sources have intimidated that Simons has been in London since Wednesday and, moreover, is of the opinion that Leipzig has not yet received any formal offers, despite suggestions that have made traces an offer.
When Spurs Simons only checked a matter of weeks ago, they were told that he was aimed at sealing a move to Chelsea, but in the last few days there seems to have been some fluidity in his situation, because he wants to leave Leipzig for Monday's deadline and try a new experience in the Premier League.
In the meantime, Tottenham has also held initial discussions with the representatives of West Ham who attack midfielder Lucas Paqueta, who is seen as a potential alternative to Simons.
Spurs must still rule out that two selection gift additives to their front line before the deadline of Monday are and they would also consider strengthening their central defensive options if the right opportunity occurred after Luka Vuskovic has accompanied themselves. For now, attacking reinforcements remain the absolute priority.
West Ham remains carefully optimistic that they retain the Brazilian as the prospect of selling a second star player – after Mohammed Kudus – to a direct rival in Spurs seems incomprehensible in view of the current state of affairs in the London Stadium.
However, a significant offer would seriously test that attitude, especially after the hammers had closed a £ 42 million deal with Southampton for Mateus Fernandes. Graham Potter's Side value Paqueta at around £ 60 million and his agents remain in contact with Spurs.
The side of Thomas Frank also had a strong interest in Manchester City's attacker Savinho, but a movement was blocked by the Etihad Stadium -Hierarchy, although Tottenham was willing to put a lot of money on the table.
A Swoop for France U21 International Starlet Maghnes Akliouche also looks difficult, because his current employers Monaco are already talking to Bayer Leverkusen about the possible sale of colleague attacker Eiesse Ben Seghir.
Leipzig wants to sign Harvey Elliott if they agree a deal to sell Simons, but Liverpool is already light on the ground when it comes to attacks.