Xavi Simons was left distraught after deciding to leave Barcelona in 2019 and spent a week crying in his room after opting to quit the Camp Nou, according to scout and friend Ferney Agudelo.
The midfielder attracted plenty of headlines during his time at La Masia, and famously over one million Instagram followers, and had been tipped for big things at Barcelona before he left on a free transfer for PSG in 2019.
Simons had been offered a new deal at the Camp Nou but hadn’t been able to agree terms with the Catalan giants. Agudelo says he didn’t leave for financial reasons and actually found it tough to switch clubs.