What Pep Guardiola has privately told Manchester City about signing Joshua Kimmich from Bayern Munich

TBR Football can exclusively reveal Pep Guardiola’s thoughts about Manchester City intensifying their efforts to sign Joshua Kimmich from Bayern Munich.

Manchester City are keen on signing Kimmich🐟, whose contract at Bayern runs out at the end of the 2024/2025 season.

Kimmich was interested in a foreign move꧋ in June, after spending the entirety of his career in Germany, playing his senior football at RB Leipzig before heading to the Allianz Arena in 2015.

The 29-year-old has spent a decade at Bayern Munich🥂 and could be available to sign on a free transfer in the summer if he decides not to renew his expiring contract.

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Pep Guardiola tells Man City to start Joshua Kimmich transfer talks in January

TBR Football’s chief correspondent Graeme Bailey has been informed that Pep Guardiola has given his approval to Manchester City to begin their approach in January to sign Joshua Kimmich.

The German international, who is out-of-contract at the end of the current campaign is free to hold talks with not just the Premier League champions but also Barcelona, who are interested in signing him.

Both Manchester Cityꦦ and Barcelona are particularly interested in signing Kimmich due to his versatility, as he has a wealth of experience playing in midfield and in defence.

꧑Bayern Munich, who assured the treble-winner that he would succeed Manuel Neuer as their captain from next season have spent the past six months trying to persuade him to sign a contract renewal.

🐷However, so far, the versatile right-back has shown no indication that he intends to prolong his association with the Bavarian juggernaut.

Manchester City are also targeting Jamal Musiala🥂, who, alongside Kimmich is considered Bayern’s main priority to tie down to a new deal.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
5	Man CityManchester City	16	8	3	5	28	23	5	27

Manchester City aim to make four January signingsജ, with the former RB Leipzig technician being one of their key targets looking ahead at the summer as they are struggling so far this season.

Joshua Kimmich said Pep Guardiola “improved” him as a player

🎀In an interview with in 2018, Kimmich revealed his learnings from Pep Guardiola while crediting him for his improvement as a player at Bayern.

ꦯ“There are many things but Pep [Guardiola] showed me completely new spaces in the field. I improved a lot. He cares about your first touch a lot and that you know what to do even before you get the ball. You have to know where your team-mates are, so he wants you to screen the whole field.”

𒉰“Pep would talk to you immediately if he recognised something. He also has this amazing view of football. For every opponent he had the perfect master plan.”

🌸With Kimmich now widely viewed as a world-class player, the possibility that Pep Guardiola could even further enhancing his game if the pair reunite at Manchester City is a frightening prospect.