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Barcelona not pursuing Bundesliga heavyweight because of La Masia duo’s emergence

Barcelona not pursuing Bundesliga heavyweight because of La Masia duo’s emergence

Bayern Munich midfield ace Joshua Kimmich has been closely linked with FC Barcelona in current switch home windows.

The German worldwide was seen as a precedence switch goal again when Xavi Hernandez was in command of the workforce and was even linked with the membership this previous summer season after Hansi Flick took over as supervisor.

Heading into 2025, along with his contract at Bayern Munich expiring, it has been steered that Kimmich stays on the Blaugrana’s agenda as a possible free-agent signing.

In actual fact, Bayern Munich and Germany legend Lothar Matthaus expressed fears that the midfielder may make the swap to Barça in the summertime due to his reference to Flick.

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Nonetheless, in line with SPORT, Barcelona are not pursuing the signing of Kimmich, or another defensive midfielder for that matter, due to the emergence of two La Masia skills in Marc Bernal and Marc Casado.

Now not a serious goal. (Photograph by Alex Grimm/Getty Photos)

Bernal broke into the senior setup underneath Flick and was a direct hit earlier than seeing an unlucky ACL damage carry an finish to his season abruptly.

Bernal’s damage opened the doorways for Casado to ascertain himself within the beginning XI, which he has achieved in some fashion, changing into an indispensable member of Flick’s setup.

As such, Barça want to proceed betting on their academy duo for the longer term and should not taking a look at Kimmich or another pivot for that matter, heading into the summer season of 2025.

The report states that regardless that Flick has an excellent relationship with the Bayern Munich midfielder his signing isn’t being contemplated, particularly with the Catalans’ sporting director Deco additionally not seeing him as an acceptable choice.

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