Some days after the player Joshua Kimmich modeled his career after noted that the FCB and German national team midfielder needed to focus on a specific aspect of his game Julian Nagelsmann took time to express full confidence in his starting six.
Lahm recently stated that Kimmich needs to “think a bit more defensively”. German football watchers in large part agree. The 27-year-old is clearly trying to do far to much in the service of helping his team’s forward play, leaving huge gaps for the opponent to exploit behind him. Kimmich’s last truly solid game came in the round four 1-1 draw with Gladbach.
“Everyone is allowed to express their opinion,” Nagelsmann said of Lahm’s comments, “we have to tolerate that. In the final analysis, it comes down to the content. Josh is an extremely important player for us and for the national team. He enjoys full confidence with both us and the national team.”
“Like anyone else, he has things he does well and things he can improve upon,” Nagelsmann said, adding a not-so-subtle affirmation that he felt Kimmich was currently definitely in the correct position, “It’s important for a player to know precisely what he has to do.”
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