Tottenham midfielder Xavi Simons has enrolled on a course at prestigious American college Harvard whereas he continues his restoration from a long-term knee damage.
The 23-year-old Netherlands playmaker has been sidelined since rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in April – an damage that pressured him to overlook the World Cup.
Simons has now joined, exterior Harvard’s Crossover into Enterprise programme, a course tailor-made for skilled athletes to develop their business abilities.
The web course pairs athletes with Harvard MBA college students to mentor them via sensible case research and enterprise administration.
“I am going again to highschool,” Simons wrote on LinkedIn.
“Throughout my restoration, I have been making an attempt to make use of my time in one of the simplest ways potential. Soccer continues to be my important focus, however I additionally wish to continue to learn and enhancing away from the pitch.
“I’ve all the time been curious about extra than simply soccer. I wish to perceive the enterprise aspect of the sport higher, be taught from individuals in numerous industries and maintain growing as an individual.”
Simons lately travelled to the USA to step up his bodily rehabilitation whereas visiting Harvard’s campus in Boston.
“Getting again on the pitch continues to be my primary precedence,” Simons added.
“On the identical time, I wish to use this era to continue to learn and put money into myself past soccer. Wanting ahead to getting began.”
Earlier individuals on the Crossover into Enterprise programme have included gamers from the NBA, NFL, and tennis, together with former world primary and two-time main champion Victoria Azarenka.
In June, Actual Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga took a brief course at Harvard within the ‘enterprise of leisure, media and sports activities’ after being unnoticed of France’s World Cup squad.
In 2014 following his retirement, former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson took up a “long-term educating place” on the college.
