#joshua-kimmich

#joshua-kimmich

Somehow, Dayot Upamecano's contract extension at Bayern Munich is still not official. Bayern offered Upamecano very, very lucrative financial terms around the beginning of the year, only for the Frenchman's camp to sit in radio silence for multiple weeks. Fed up, Die Rekordmeister gave Upamecano a deadline, one that reportedly finally pushed the center back to agree to terms with the club.

He's a quality player and an absolute leader. For example he texts me after every game where I score a goal at Newcastle, that's just a small example. I think he's a very good captain and a great person," Woltemade said (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). The little things matter and Kimmich has fully embraced his role as a leader for both Bayern Munich and Germany.

In my career, I've rarely seen a player as physically strong as Leroy. He can run and sprint a lot and can do it every three days. When he's mentally ready, we've seen what he can do. He had an impressive performance [against Slovakia], he rewarded himself with two goals but also worked hard and was diligent in the counter pressing. When he does that, when Flo Wirtz does that, when our attacking players press and defend, then the entire team pulls together and we can be successful,

Joshua Kimmich will miss the German national team's final training session in Wolfsburg on Thursday. The captain suffered a capsule injury in his right ankle during training on Wednesday and will be unavailable for Friday's international friendly in Luxembourg (8:45 p.m. CET, live on RTL ). Kimmich will travel to Luxembourg with the team this afternoon as planned. On Monday (8:45 p.m. CET, live on ZDF ), Germany will play their final World Cup qualifier against Slovakia in Leipzig.

"As things stand, he [Kimmich] will return to the number six position because he is simply one of two or three players who will always play for their club," Nagelsmann said.