{"id":796604,"date":"2026-10-09T03:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/796604\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T03:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:18:09","slug":"tottenham-xavi-simons-enrols-at-harvard-university-while-out-injured-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/796604\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham: Xavi Simons enrols at Harvard University while out injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham<\/a> midfielder Xavi Simons has enrolled on a course at prestigious American university Harvard while he continues his recovery from a long-term knee injury.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old Netherlands playmaker has been sidelined since rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in April<\/a> – an injury that forced him to miss the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Simons has now joined, external<\/a> Harvard’s Crossover into Business programme, a course tailored for professional athletes to develop their commercial skills.<\/p>\n

The online course pairs athletes with Harvard MBA students to mentor them through practical case studies and enterprise management.<\/p>\n

“I’m going back to school,” Simons wrote on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n

“During my recovery, I’ve been trying to use my time in the best way possible. Football is still my main focus, but I also want to keep learning and improving away from the pitch.<\/p>\n

“I’ve always been interested in more than just football. I want to understand the business side of the game better, learn from people in different industries and keep developing as a person.”<\/p>\n

Simons recently travelled to the United States to step up his physical rehabilitation while visiting Harvard’s campus in Boston.<\/p>\n

“Getting back on the pitch is still my number one priority,” Simons added.<\/p>\n

“At the same time, I want to use this period to keep learning and invest in myself beyond football. Looking forward to getting started.”<\/p>\n

Previous participants on the Crossover into Business programme have included players from the NBA, NFL, and tennis, including former world number one and two-time major champion Victoria Azarenka.<\/p>\n

In June, Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga took a short course at Harvard in the ‘business of entertainment, media and sports’ after being left out of France’s World Cup squad.<\/p>\n

In 2014 following his retirement, former Manchester United<\/a> boss Sir Alex Ferguson took up a “long-term teaching position”<\/a> at the university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham midfielder Xavi Simons has enrolled on a course at prestigious American university Harvard while he continues his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-796604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gb","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}