Among the realms of the ongoing summer transfer market, exist players willing to don the Barcelona colors. From various continents and various parts of the world, the Blaugrana Club continues to be a symbol of the European elite.
The recent La Liga Champions have some daunting tasks lying ahead of them in the transfer window. The likes of Florian Wirtz, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, and Inigo Martinez are just a few of the names who have visibly shown an inclination towards the Catalan club.
As per Mundo Deportivo however, there now exists the possibility for FC Barcelona to acquire one of the world’s absolute best in the form of Bayern Munich’s ever-so-talented Joshua Kimmich.
The 28-year-old defensive midfielder continues to be at the helm of the European elites when it comes to his position, or positions in fact given that he also is more than capable of performing at the top level as a right-back.
According to the report, despite earlier news that Bayern Munich consider the German midfielder to be untransferable and not for sale, they have possibly begun to realize that they cannot keep his services to themselves for much longer and could now be willing to let him leave for a transfer that would see both direct funds and player swaps needing to occur.
A likely candidate from the perspective of FC Barcelona for such a deal would be Ansu Fati as per reports, the Spaniard being a player that Bayern Munich did retain an interest in as well not too long ago.
As per insider conveyance and news from the player’s entourage, Bayern Munich will most probably not want to keep a player who wishes to change scenery and is not content with his stay at the club. Moreover, he is reportedly going to be a more cost-efficient negotiation than the €60 million release clause of Barcelona target Martin Zubimendi.
Reportedly, the total cost of the operation for Kimmich could be similar to that of Robert Lewandowski’s €45 million plus variables that Barcelona had to pay to Bayern Munich for the Polish striker’s services. The price for Kimmich is expected to be around the same or in between the price currently being set for Zubimendi.
The German midfielder has also openly been a huge admirer of Xavi Hernandez since a long time. His “ideal” style of a midfielder being the Spaniard as well as Xavi’s own comments to Kimmich that he would be the perfect kind of player for Barcelona given his unique traits and qualities.
All in all, if Barcelona can successfully manage to pull this off, they do not just get a world-class replacement for Sergio Busquets, but they also get a potent right back as well as a natural leader in the team.
