Frank Leboeuf has blasted Tottenham Hotspur for a big decision they made in the summer and has written off one Spurs man completely.
Barring Mohammed Kudus, who has arguably been Tottenham’s best player this season, none of the club’s attackers have made a good start to the season.
The spotlight is now understandably falling on a player who was signed in the summer to solve the club’s creative woes but has failed to do so.
Many pundits have pointed out that Xavi Simons is struggling to cope with the pace and physicality of the Premier League, and one former Chelsea man has now written the Dutchman off after his latest performance.
Frank Leboeuf says Tottenham have signed a one-season wonder in Xavi Simons
Following Tottenham’s defeat to Chelsea, Jamie O’Hara said that Spurs have wasted the money they spent on Xavi, remarking that he looks like a youth player.
Leboeuf agrees with the assessment, insisting that the North London club hierarchy were living in dreamland if they expected the Dutchman to be one of the linchpins of their side, given his career so far.
Leboeuf said on ESPN FC: “I just want to have a point on Xavi Simons, and some of the players who played one good year, for him for Leipzig, because that wasn’t the case for Paris Saint-Germain before, and had an average season last season.
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“So, for £53 million for Tottenham, you expect what? What do you expect from those players who have one good year of football? To be a game-changer? People are dreaming, dreamers. I don’t get that.”
A former Spurs midfielder has a similar concern about Xavi
It is not just Leboeuf who has questioned the 22-year-old’s career trajectory, with a former Spurs midfielder making a similar point last week.
Jermaine Jenas questioned why PSG let Xavi go if they thought he was a top talent, but the 42-year-old still backed the attacking midfielder to come good eventually.