Like Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich plays for Bayern Munich and will be free on June 30. Unlike Alphonso Davies, Real Madrid has never had him on its priority list.
Kimmich mimics Davies with fictitious offers from Real Madrid
Even so, Kimmich has been using Real Madrid's name for months to improve his contract by claiming supposed offers from the club. Offers that are false.
Real Madrid has never attempted to sign Kimmich nor has it established any contact with him or his agent. He simply isn't of interest. Not even if he arrives with a free transfer in hand.
However, Real Madrid's name constantly appears in the German media in connection with Kimmich. In Bernabéu's noble area, they are already fed up and expect Kimmich to explain the truth, not what suits him best.
Barça also withdraws from the race for his signing
In recent hours, Barça, which has indeed been interested in Kimmich, has withdrawn from the list of candidates for his signing. With Casadó, Pedri, Gavi, Fermín, Olmo, and Frenkie De Jong for three spots, Flick has no room for him.
Perhaps that's why Kimmich has changed his target and aimed at Real Madrid. Probably to get more money from Bayern, as Alphonso Davies has done.
Right now, Real Madrid has no other objective on its horizon than to finalize the arrival of Trent Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool, who will arrive this summer at no cost. Once this signing is completed, the club will look for a heavyweight midfielder. The aim is to compensate for the absence of Toni Kroos and the imminent departure of Luka Modric.
Barça's money didn't appear
Kimmich doesn't fit into that planning at all. Additionally, Xavi Bosch reports today in Mundo Deportivo that Kimmich agreed with Barça on his transfer two summers ago. And the operation didn't close because the money didn't appear.
He explains it this way: "On July 29, 2023, while Barça defeated Madrid 3-0 in Dallas... Xavi and Mateu Alemany were waiting for Kimmich's yes.
He gave it, and the operation was contingent on the transfer that Barça had to make to Bayern. A day passed, two, three... And the money didn't appear.
Mateu and Xavi were informed that since the money had to come from Bridgeburg Invest... it was difficult for the millions to reach their destination.
Excuses. There was no money. The person who had to face Kimmich, due to the last-minute fiasco and the economic impossibility of signing him, was Xavi himself."