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While PSG travels to Bayern Munich this Tuesday evening in the Champions League, Joshua Kimmich could have worn the Parisian jersey rather than the Bavarian one. The German international was targeted by the capital club during the last two transfer windows and it was his wife who reportedly opposed his transfer to Paris.
On the occasion of the meeting in front of the Bayern Munich this Tuesday evening in Champions League, The Team returned to an issue which animated the last transfer window periods of the PSGthat of Joshua Kimmich. A player targeted both in January and this summer, but who ultimately remained in Bavaria, where his contract runs until June 2025.
The reasons for Kimmich's failed transfer
And Joshua Kimmich closed the door to a departure, it would be in particular because of the playing time which would have been promised to him. The 29-year-old midfielder wants guarantees, which Luis Enrique does not bring to any of its players. Regardless of their status, the coach of PSG believes that it is through training that they must earn their place.
His wife wanted him to stay at Bayern
The Parisian highlights another, more personal problem. Indeed, Joshua Kimmich would have been seduced by the prospect of joining the PSG and evolve under the orders of Luis Enriquebut she is his companion, Lina Meyerwho would have opposed his departure. With four young children, born between 2019 and 2024, she would have pushed him to stay in Bayern Munich at least one more season.
