With Omar Marmoush set to reach, Manchester City have now reportedly moved into pole place to signal a second Bundesliga expertise in what might but be a cut price deal.
Man Metropolis switch information
Following a disastrous first-half to the marketing campaign, Manchester Metropolis had been at all times more likely to act within the January switch window. And act, they’ve, welcoming Vitor Reis, Abdukodir Khusanov and edging nearer and nearer to offers for each Juma Bah and Marmoush. The latter is undoubtedly probably the most spectacular of the lot and will go a great distance in direction of easing the goalscoring accountability on Erling Haaland.
Welcoming each Khusanov and Reis, Pep Guardiola instructed reporters: “Welcome to the Metropolis household. Actually happy. They’re younger gamers so they arrive for a few years. Differing kinds.
“Khusanov performed right here in France. [He has] Extraordinary physicality and hopefully he can be taught English as quickly as doable. Reis is a younger Brazilian, very excited.”
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Now, following such a busy January, these at The Etihad might flip their consideration in direction of the summer season switch window. In keeping with TeamTalk, Manchester City have now moved into pole position to sign Joshua Kimmich when his present Bayern Munich deal expires on the finish of the season.
A participant who got here via at Bayern beneath Guardiola, Kimmich might reunite with the Spaniard in the summertime and remedy each his right-back and midfield drawback at a cut price value.
Now 29 years outdated, the German is not the rising star that Guardiola helped at Bayern. These days, Kimmich is a longtime, elite and skilled participant who might remedy Metropolis’s issues.
Man Metropolis ought to seal Guardiola and Kimmich reunion
Two of Manchester Metropolis’s greatest issues this season have been their lack of depth in defensive midfield to step in for the injured Rodri and their lack of depth at right-back to finish Kyle Walker’s disastrous run of kind. Kimmich would immediately remedy each of these points, together with his versatility and technical potential ready-made for Guardiola’s Metropolis aspect simply because it was for his Bayern aspect many moons in the past.
Filled with reward for a younger Kimmich nearly 10 years in the past, the Spaniard’s prediction a couple of vibrant future for the German has since come true in abundance. He instructed reporters as relayed by beIN Sports in 2016: “I like this child. He has completely every part and may obtain no matter he desires. He desires to be taught and has ardour.
“After I talk about Joshua Kimmich, I solely say good issues. I’ve a message for journalists: Do not say that he cannot play in defence.”
In fact, a few years later it’s clear that the Bayern star can play in defence and full fairly the job too. When the summer season arrives and his contract expires, a reunion with Guardiola would make excellent sense for all events.