Joshua Kimmich

Alan Harper's Tash said:
He is 10 years older, to be fair.
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Nah! I personally don't fancy Kimmich but he is light-years ahead of Rico. Similar utility value. But way better. His vision, Early balls and long balls are tools Rico doesn't even begin to have yet.

He'll most definitely be way better than Rico.

Outside of Pep's penchant for sometime doing the unthinkable ( i.e. playing Lewis in Midfield).there really isn't any midfielder at City Rico is better than. Rodri, Kova, Nunes, Bernardo, Phil, Jack, and Kev are all far better midfielders than Rico.

Hopefully Pep gets over the dumbness of playing Rico over any of them. Rico's real value is that he is a defender with the technique of a midfielder.


But he is still a defender. Kimmich is better than any of our CMs not named Rodri. It's a bit of an insult to compare....



All that said, still don't fancy Kimmicj :p
 
Dax777 said:
Nah! I personally don't fancy Kimmich but he is light-years ahead of Rico. Similar utility value. But way better. His vision, Early balls and long balls are tools Rico doesn't even begin to have yet.

He'll most definitely be way better than Rico.

Outside of Pep's penchant for sometime doing the unthinkable ( i.e. playing Lewis in Midfield).there really isn't any midfielder at City Rico is better than. Rodri, Kova, Nunes, Bernardo, Phil, Jack, and Kev are all far better midfielders than Rico.

Hopefully Pep gets over the dumbness of playing Rico over any of them. Rico's real value is that he is a defender with the technique of a midfielder.


But he is still a defender. Kimmich is better than any of our CMs not named Rodri. It's a bit of an insult to compare....



All that said, still don't fancy Kimmicj :p
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I would have liked this except Lewis is not even a defender for City; he's Gomez level at defending, maybe even less.

He's twixt and tween defender and mid but not even with a defender's mindset.

He needs this in his locker, minimum.
 
Agree about the age but surely depends on the price, length of contract and whether he blocks an academy player. We have a place available (two if Kalvin goes) and his versatility is a big plus.
Basically I’ve got splinters in my arse and can’t decide.
 
TonyColemansbagofapples said:
Agree about the age but surely depends on the price, length of contract and whether he blocks an academy player. We have a place available (two if Kalvin goes) and his versatility is a big plus.
Basically I’ve got splinters in my arse and can’t decide.
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his price is very tempting consider how much we might have to spend elsewhere. Eating the wage will be the kicker (but the bill will be down from winning hte treble anyway)
 
Following previous transfer protocols, could we see movement with Philips after the Newcastle game?

Reports are circulating tonight that the Geordie's are still very much interested in Kalvin, in spite of their FFP woes & are looking to do a deal after the 20th January.

£5m loan with an £40m obligation to buy in the summer?

Regardless, I still can't see Bayern selling Kimmich until the summer at the earliest, if at all.

https://thehardtackle.com/transfer-...ited-have-fresh-contacts-for-kalvin-phillips/
 
Skrastins said:
There will be plenty of games for everyone in the squad
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There will be if players are happy with cup games or coming off the bench, but there will be a point where Lewis will want to start regularly, especially in the bigger games. If we sign Kimmich he will start most games.

It would almost block his path in my opinion. Long term I’d rather see Lewis get his chance in that role.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
There will be if players are happy with cup games or coming off the bench, but there will be a point where Lewis will want to start regularly, especially in the bigger games. If we sign Kimmich he will start most games.

It would almost block his path in my opinion. Long term I’d rather see Lewis get his chance in that role.
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By that time Lewis should will be higher in pecking order
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
There will be if players are happy with cup games or coming off the bench, but there will be a point where Lewis will want to start regularly, especially in the bigger games. If we sign Kimmich he will start most games.

It would almost block his path in my opinion. Long term I’d rather see Lewis get his chance in that role.
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Kimmich is better than Lewis, so it would improve us now if we could sign him.

However, if we did get him, and at some point Lewis regularly performed better in training and when selected then he’d become a regular starter. If Lewis didn‘t show enough to oust Kimmich then the German player would have proved to be a good signing and better for the team.
 
Madness that there's even anyone debating about this. He's a world class player approaching his peak, he's captained Germany, and we could sign him for €20m. That's an extremely rare opportunity.

Pep will be salivating at the thought of working with him again.
 
Dobsy said:
Madness that there's even anyone debating about this. He's a world class player approaching his peak, he's captained Germany, and we could sign him for €20m. That's an extremely rare opportunity.

Pep will be salivating at the thought of working with him again.
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The last tima german went to City for 20mil id didnt end to shabby
 
Semper aggressus said:
Kimmich is better than Lewis, so it would improve us now if we could sign him.

However, if we did get him, and at some point Lewis regularly performed better in training and when selected then he’d become a regular starter. If Lewis didn‘t show enough to oust Kimmich then the German player would have proved to be a good signing and better for the team.
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Of course he’s better than Lewis right now, however he is ten years older. It depends what you want - short term, ready made success or to develop a player who could end up being better.

Obviously we could have both, but I think long term it would effect Lewis if we signed Kimmich
 
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