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“Leroy, Leroy,” Joshua Kimmich shouted, clearly audible, as Bayern scored 6-0 in the opening match of the new Bundesliga season against FC Schalke 04. Leroy Sané picked up the pace and Kimmich sent the newcomer with a perfect match. Passport. Result: 7-0 and especially the goal of Sané’s debut.
A scene that shows many of Kimmich’s characteristics, but above all reveals his qualities as a playmaker. “No Thiago? No problem!” She wrote. Daily mail after the 8-0 victory.
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Kimmich shined in the position he couldn’t and was not always allowed to take, as he was repeatedly needed on the right-back as he was last in the Champions League final. But that should change now.
With Sergino Dest, who currently still has a contract with Ajax Amsterdam, the German record champions are in the final stretch of negotiations with a long-awaited right-back. The signing of the 19-year-old American should be announced soon, Kimmich’s path to defensive midfield seems clear.
Kimmich is a symbol of FC Bayern’s success
Kimmich’s new jersey number is therefore more than just a clue. The 25-year-old takes over developer number six, which was made available when Thiago left for Liverpool. With this number he has already raced against Schalke and shaped the game there as Thiago did before, if not more.
Kimmich led his team from midfield and made one brilliant pass after another. Overall, he took 97 percent of his passes to a teammate. 42 of 43 in the opposite half. Values that even Thiago rarely reached.
Even if the Spaniard’s steps are extremely large, no one on Säbener Strasse doubts that Kimmich has what it takes to complete them.
“I’ve never seen one like this. He goes to every game with an incredible winning attitude,” Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said. Heaven. This could also be seen again in the opening match against Schalke and, as mentioned, it was also heard.
Kimmich has long been known as the Bavarian orator, as someone who does not beat around the bush in his words.
But also as a gamer who delivers according to his ads. With his attitude, he symbolizes incredible hunger, self-confidence and greed for further development and success, the characteristics that make the team better than all other teams in Europe at the moment and that led the club to a triple.
Also a leader off the field
Kimmich’s overall package also includes his off-the-field behavior. In his five years in Munich he has become a fan favorite and has become an advertising icon and figurehead for Bayern.
“He’s also a very special guy off the court. We’re happy to have guys like that on our team,” Rummenigge said.
The “special partner” was one of the first professionals along with his partner Leon Goretzka to start an aid campaign with “We Kick Corona” after the start of the corona pandemic. On the other hand, according to Sané, he was the “most annoying” of the Bayern players who persuaded the German national team player to move to Munich.
The role Kimmich plays at FC Bayern can hardly be overestimated. In and next to the square and especially in the future: At six, the position of the central clock, the old position of Thiago.
