The coming season feels like the start of a new era for Tottenham Hotspur.
The North Londoners finally ended their trophy drought under Ange Postecoglou this year, and now, with Thomas Frank at the helm, they can carry on building a team for the future.
However, to ensure the Danish coach succeeds in North London, Daniel Levy and Co must get the summer transfer window right.
That means that, on top of keeping their best players, the North Londoners need to sign those who can help them improve their Premier League form next season, and it looks like they've identified someone who could do just that, someone who's been compared to Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison.
Tottenham transfer news
Given Spurs' frankly terrible performances in the league and FA Cup this season, it's hardly been a surprise to see the team linked with a host of potentially game-changing players in recent weeks.
One of the names who seem to be mentioned alongside the North Londoners is Eberechi Eze, while the Brentford duo of Yoanne Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo are also unsurprising targets, given their form and connection to Frank.
However, with how sought-after those three appear to be this summer and the price of buying from the Premier League, the Lilywhites appear to be looking further afield, in the Bundesliga, for possible signings.
According to a recent report from journalist Ben Jacobs on the Last Word on Spurs podcast, Tottenham are indeed interested in RB Leipzig star Xavi Simons.
Jacobs claims that the club "like the player" and that a possible move to the Premier League is "one to watch" this summer.
While a potential transfer fee is not mentioned, it has been fairly widely reported earlier this month that should the Dutchman move this summer, then he'll likely cost around £67m.
It would be a costly and likely complicated transfer to get over the line, but given Simons' immense ability and the fact he's won comparisons to Maddison and Kulusevski, it's one worth fighting for.
How Simons compares to Kulu & Maddison
With Kulusevski racking up a haul of 21 goal involvements in 50 games and Maddison amassing a tally of 23 in 45, it wouldn't be too dramatic to claim that the pair have been some of Spurs' better players this season.
Therefore, it's undeniably impressive and encouraging that Simons has been compared to both of them, although with that said, where have said comparisons come from?
Well, they both stem from FBref, which looks at players in similar positions in Europe's top five leagues, the Champions League and Europa League, before making a list of the ten most comparable for each, and according to this list, the Englishman has been the second most similar midfielder to the Leipzig star across the last 365 days, while the Swede comes in as the seventh most similar.
Now, the best way to understand how these conclusions were reached is by looking at some of the underlying numbers in which the players rank closely, and in the case of the former Leicester City star, that includes things like non-penalty expected goals plus assist, passing accuracy, shot-creating actions and more, all per 90.
In the case of the Stockholm-born maestro, similar metrics include progressive passes received, goals per shot on target, goal-creating actions, interceptions, tackles won and more, also all per 90.
However, there are, unsurprisingly, other reasons why Spurs should be looking to sign the former Paris Saint-Germain gem this summer, such as his raw output.
For example, even though he was limited to just 33 appearances, totalling 2763 minutes this season, the 22-year-old, who one analyst proclaimed "one of the best 10s in the world", was able to score 11 goals and provide eight assists.
That means the Amsterdam-born dynamo was able to average a goal involvement every 1.73 games, or every 145.42 this season, and that is the sort of productivity that could get the Lilywhites moving up the table next year.
Ultimately, while he won't be cheap, Spurs should do what they can to sign Simons, as he'd instantly add more dynamism to the first team, and given his age, he could remain a leading figure for the next decade or so.