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15.03.2025 – 00:20 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
What did Joshua Kimmich hold at Bayern? The international explains what a deadline was all about and whether he was concerned with money.
Compared to previous contract negotiations, there were “concrete alternatives” this time, Kimmich said in an interview with the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. Before that, the question was mostly: “To what conditions do I extend?” He said.
Kimmich did not want to reveal whether France’s permanent master Paris Saint-Germain was one of these alternatives. “I don’t want to give a name, that doesn’t belong,” said the success player. “After all, I consciously chose FC Bayern.” And Kimmich repeated: The financial factor for this decision “was” not an essential factor “.
The midfielder could have earned more money through a departure from FC Bayern Munich than he now received through his new contract with the German football record champion. “I can answer,” replied the 30-year-old in an interview with the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” when asked whether he would have got more from a competitor in a change. But that was not decisive. “It’s about the overall construct,” said Kimmich: “Money is a factor, of course, but most importantly I was the question of sporting perspective.”
He also revealed details that FC Bayern temporarily withdrew its offer. The Bayern board of directors put pressure on the end of the negotiations and set a deadline. “This deadline was set at an unfortunate time – at a moment when I was struck and invested a lot of energy and time to get some somehow on the pitch for the Sunday game against Eintracht Frankfurt,” Kimmich recalls in an interview. Even his father was surprised at what was going on.
He asked for two days. However, the Bavarians rejected this and said the deadline had expired. That became public. Kimmich doesn’t think that the club was serious. They were further in conversations. “In my perception, the offer has never been completely taken off the table”.
Kimmich also made it clear that the association had not refused a signing fairy, a special payment for contract extension. “That’s not true. I didn’t even ask for a signing fairy. This is a good example of the wrong claims that were in circulation,” said the international.