Joshua Kimmich extended his contract with Bayern by 2029. The record champion officially announced this. Molesters were preceded by negotiations.
White smoke above Säbener Straße: What had announced in the past few daysis now official: Joshua Kimmich has extended his contract at FC Bayern Munich until 2029 after months of negotiations. The 30-year-old has been playing the record champion since 2015 and now wants to finally shape an era there.
“At FC Bayern I have the best environment to achieve my sporting goals. After that, I decided. There is currently no better package of teammates, coaching team and club environment in order to be maximum.
Kimmich should become captain of the future
In the national team, Kimmich has already taken over the captain’s bond. At FC Bayern, too, he should lead the team onto the field in the future. “He should become the captain of Bayern Munich of the future. We have to extend the contract first, which will still be exhausting enough,” Eberl said in autumn 2024 in the BR24Sport-Szenschaft-Interview and tried to make his leaders’ decision to remain with it.
But Kimmich hesitated. It was always to be understood that he feels very comfortable in Munich, but it was a difficult decision. After all, it is the popular “last big contract”, which Kimmich signs at the age of 30. In addition, Kimmich thought about the recent past with the record champions.
Heavy Corona time for Kimmich
Kimmich moved from RB Leipzig to Munich in 2015. The midfielder trained in the youth of VfB Stuttgart met his sponsor Pep Guardiola in the state capital. He used Kimmich in midfield and defense. Due to great injury worries, Kimmich temporarily gave the central defender, but came to the necessary season. In 2020 he celebrated his greatest success of his career to date and won the triple with the Munich team.
The following year it was announced that Kimmich had not been vaccinated against the Corona virus due to concerns. Kimmich saw himself alone in the crossfire and left alone by the club. “There was the first descent when I noticed how the club reacted and I disappointed and met accordingly,” said Kimmich in retrospect in a ZDF documentary in 2024.
Heavy stand under Tuchel
In the 2023/24 season, the relationship between the player and the club again received cracks. Previously the undisputed regular player under Thomas Tuchel had a difficult stand. The Krumbacher put the international back on the right -wing defensive side and took no consideration of Kimmich’s preference to play on the six and criticized him publicly. Again and again there were discussions about Kimmich’s leadership qualities, especially last season, in which the Munich residents remained Titellos for the first time since 2012.
Under Kompany, Kimmich is allowed to play in midfield again and gets the support he needs for his game. In a season that – at least in the Champions League – criticized Kimmich after the defeat in Rotterdam that FC Bayern is currently not a top team in Europe. For the ambitious and title -hungry Kimmich, also a reason to consider the contract extension.
But With Kimmich as the leader, FC Bayern confidently moved into the quarter -finals of the Champions League against league rivals Bayer Leverkusen And thereby underpinned his claims to play all titles – just two days after the 2-0 victory at Bayer, the contract signature followed.
Dreesen: “New era” with Kimmich
The CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen also praised the appearance of Kimmich in the round of 16 of the Champions League: “His hunger has been unbroken, that was again in the Champions League round of life. His determination and his commitment matters what FC Bayern stands for. He should beat the bridge between our current generation and a new era.”
It is not yet clear when Kimmich will officially take on this role as a cross -generational leader as the captain of FC Bayern. Manuel Neuer, current captain, has already extended his contract until 2026. Kimmich was already wearing the bandage on her arm during a new injury-related absence in the Champions League games against Leverkusen.
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