The Tottenham midfielder has been speaking about his team-mates and the young players coming through at the north London club
Xavi Simons believes that Archie Gray is the best Tottenham player in training and the most surprising at the club and has named two Spurs youngsters to watch out for.
The Dutchman joined Spurs from RB Leipzig in the summer in a £51million deal and has shown glimpses of the ability that saw him come through the youth ranks at Barcelona and PSG. The 22-year-old will be hoping to make a big impact in Tottenham's Champions League last 16 tie at Atletico Madrid on Tuesday night and in helping the north London outfit move away from the Premier League danger zone in the weeks ahead.
During a quickfire Q&A with Pro:Direct Soccer, the Spurs midfielder was asked various questions about his time in N17 and his team-mates.
He revealed that 19-year-old Gray is the best in training at the club and also the player who has surprised him the most since he arrived at Tottenham.
"I really like how he plays and I think he's going to be a really good midfielder," said the Netherlands international.
Xavi named 17-year-old academy products Luca Williams-Barnett and Jun'ai Byfield as two youngsters to look out for at the Premier League club in the years ahead and the currently injured Mohammed Kudus as the most underrated player within the building. He named his international team-mate and Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber as the opponent he has most enjoyed battling with this season.
And what do his Spurs team-mates call Xavi? He would only give away one of the two monikers he has within the club.
"They call me Xa or they call me another word, but this I cannot say, so I will keep it for myself!" he said.
On which Tottenham players have looked after him since he arrived in N17, he added: "I would say a lot of guys, especially Micky [Van de Ven] and all the other guys that I played against like Mathys Tel, Djed Spence, Kevin Danso, [Randal] Kolo Muani, everyone."
Xavi also gets through a lot of boots in a season, admitting: "If I'm honest, I have a lot of boots, but I try not to change the boots a lot. But in a season, I don't know, maybe 40, 50, something like that. I keep the special ones as well."