Transfer Story:
Real Madrid knocked Bayern Munich out of the Champions League thus prolonging the German team’s quest for the coveted trophy.
However, there is something that would worry the Bavarians more than the loss to Madrid. That is, the simple fact that potential future captain, Joshua Kimmich seems to have agreed to a move away from Germany. Chelsea and Manchester United are interested in signing him up, but Antonio Conte’s team are the frontrunners to secure his signature, according to the report.
Joshua Kimmich: Best in his position?
For a modern fullback, it is extremely important to make sure that he maintains a good balance between the offensive and defensive duties. However, we find such players in rarity at times but Kimmich has been brilliant for Bayern in recent years. Though it doesn’t look like it, Kimmich emphasizes on providing attacking impetus regularly. He regularly loves to overlap his adversary and puts in extremely enticing deliveries into the box. Kimmich is safe with the ball at his feet and provides an extra dimension to his game by either hugging the touchline or even drifting in at times to shift the flow of play to the centre.
He hardly ever misplaces a pass in the opposition half, and constantly picks the right man inside the box. He likes to burst into the box and takes shots at the target, having scored twice over the course of two legs against Real Madrid last week. Defensively, Joshua is astute as he reads the game well and clears the ball at the correct time. He intercepts at times and has created an astonishing 49 goal-scoring chances, 11 of which have resulted in assists. He has scored once in the league and has won 55% of his defensive duels too. Kimmich has recorded an excellent passing accuracy of 91% this season, particularly being successful in putting in tackles.
Will the move to Chelsea take place?
Chelsea are quite understandably in search of a right-back. Victor Moses is too erratic at times and has failed to replicate his form from the previous season. Davide Zappacosta, despite all his crossing abilities, is inconsistent as well and leaves a lot of space behind when he goes ahead to attack. Kimmich is undoubtedly the best right back in world football at the moment. Kimmich is touted to be the next captain of the German national team as well as that of Bayern Munich.
He is a German too, and German players hardly ever try to wander away from their home country, especially when they play for the biggest club in the country that is Bayern Munich. Moreover, Chelsea are a complete mess right now, due to the doubts over the future of their star players as well as owing to their torrid season so far. Joshua Kimmich might as well choose to stay at Bayern Munich itself, in my opinion.