Overview

• Chelsea and RB Leipzig have a broad agreement on a £60 million fee for 22-year-old midfielder Xavi Simons.
• No official offer has been lodged as the club seeks to sell fringe players to meet budgetary and registration requirements.
• Simons netted 11 goals and supplied eight assists in the Bundesliga last season while on loan at RB Leipzig.
• The Netherlands international can play as a number 10 or on either flank, offering tactical flexibility to Chelsea’s attack.
• The proposed signing is intended to ease Chelsea’s heavy dependence on Cole Palmer for goals and creative impetus.