Joshua Kimmich

[SouthernPlastic]

I’ve never really seen the hype about him tbh, doesn’t seem to do anything extraordinary. Tidy enough, but there’s better younger options out there.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I’ve never really seen the hype about him tbh, doesn’t seem to do anything extraordinary. Tidy enough, but there’s better younger options out there.

I'm also uncertain if he's spot on for us but many people, not just City fans said the same about Gaz Baz, a player you had to watch in person to appreciate.

 

[Kinkladze's crazy skills]

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

Or Lewis could learn from somebody who will massively contribute to his already great understanding of the game for his age.

Game time isn't always equal to development just look at how Pep used to get slaughtered for not playing Foden at 17, despite that he had played around 50 games by the time Paul Scholes at the equivalent age had even made his debut for the rags.

Patience is a virtue at times there's no need to rush the development of a top young prospect when he can learn off others around him, stylistically Kimmich is probably the perfect mentor for Rico to learn from and if Kimmich does sign he'll learn a lot more just from being around him.

I’ve never really seen the hype about him tbh, doesn’t seem to do anything extraordinary. Tidy enough, but there’s better younger options out there.

People used to say the very same about Gareth Barry up and down the country they didn't understand his contribution, like Barry for us and others Kimmich does the simple things right he doesn't tend to make many mistakes in a fully organised team, he generally improves the performance levels of the teammates immediately around him, he adds a peace of mind to his teammates that he'll have them covered so they can perform extraordinary things themselves.

As John's Cruyff said regarding mistakes, "Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins."

Kimmich is a top class player there's no doubt about it he keeps things simple and doesn't do the extraordinary, he allows his teammates to do that instead and he was the bridge between attack and defence for Pep, he's the one who stood out more than most while Pep was at Bayern. Whether we truly want him for sure I don't know but he's certainly good enough for us, also despite what some would say he will probably greatly enhance Rico Lewis's development just by being around in training.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Can we not see if they still want Captain dirty dick?

 

[bell_mcfc]

29 in February. Great player yes, but he'll be coming up to his twilight years very shortly. I'm not sure.

Thats prime, not twilight. There is nothing wrong with having experienced players, KDB is is 32 for gods sake...

 

[bell_mcfc]

Regarding Lewis playing with someone like Kimmich who is a versatile player like him would do him absolute wonders. Also you'd think Kimmich could cover Rodri so could see them play alongside each other so not taking minutes away from him altogether.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Germans at the end of their career don't do too well outside the Bundesliga. Schweinstiger, Podolski to name a few

 

[Scottyboi]

Germans at the end of their career don't do too well outside the Bundesliga. Schweinstiger, Podolski to name a few

He is 28, even in a years time he would still be fine.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

He is 28, even in a years time he would still be fine.

29 next month. Best to file this one under the "Ones we stayed away from that got away" column

 

[Haaland94]

Germans at the end of their career don't do too well outside the Bundesliga. Schweinstiger, Podolski to name a few

Anecdotal evidence. They are not some collective just because of their nationality. They are individual humans, and their nationality plays little to no part in the way they could perform for us. Kimmich is a better player than the both of them ever were and also has a wonderful relationship with Pep. Pep created this guy and clearly loves him. There is a reason for that. We have German-speaking Akanji, Ortega, and Kovacic for faster integration as well.

The same people who like Lewis, who is nowhere near Kimmich and will be lucky to ever get to that level, oppose this transfer. Why? Just to protect an academy player from having competition/mentor? The team always comes first. We rarely get a chance to sign an established world-class player at his peak. A lot of people complained about the quality of our signings. Here is our chance to sign a genuine world-class player who knows our system, and some still oppose it. I don't understand. Looking at Kyle Walker this season, we could definitely use someone capable of playing RB if needed as well.