The Spanish crack that Kimmich noticed

At only 26 years old, Joshua Kimmich is already considered one of the best midfielders of the moment. In continuing to refine his game over the years, the Bayern Munich midfielder has constantly focused on the way he interprets football from Xavi, whom he considers as one of his great idols in the latest edition of the German newspaper Sport Bild, where Kimmich responded to a questionnaire made by amateurs.

“Me A role model was always Xavi Hernández from Barcelona“, explains the German international.”He was never the best, but he acted with vision, he took care of the pass and the technique. He was trying to put other players in the spotlight. I was impressed and it was towards what I wanted to orient myself. I got to know him during our concentration stage in Doha And I have to admit it was a great experience, “concluded Kimmich.

Of course, the former VfB Stuttgart and RB Leipzig had to wait until he could play in the position of his idol. In the Mannschaft and in Munich, where landed at the express request of Pep Guardiola in 2015, It started as Right side and even came to play central. It was after the departure of Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso in 2017 that Jupp Heynckes began to give him minutes in the center of the field until it became the beacon of a Bayern that, like Xavi's Barça, won the sextete.