Reschke: Spend tens of millions for a young player who has never played in the Bundesliga? Bayern were cautious before signing Kimmich

German media sport.de news that former Bayern technical director Reschke talked about Kimmich's signing in an interview.

At euro 2014, Reschke and chief scout Marco Nepe discovered Kimmich, who was now Bayern's new technical director.

Reschke recalls: "The two of us were clear at the time that we had to put every effort into bringing Kimmich to Munich. Before finally signing the contract, the two of us watched almost every game at Leipzig, examining Kimmich. ”

At the time, Bayern's board chairman Rummenigge and dreson, who is still Bayern's finance director, both expressed their incomprehension, revealing: "This is a reasonable cautious and critical attitude. Paying a transfer fee of almost 10 million euros for a player who had not yet played in the Bundesliga was indeed rare for Bayern at the time. ”

Eventually, Reschke and Nepe persuaded all the decision makers to bring in Kimmich, a decision supported by Bayern manager Pep Guardiola and sports director Summerle.

Kimmich, who debuted at the Stuttgart academy, was playing for Leipzig at the time, and Stuttgart completed a deal with Bayern after activating the buy-back clause for a transfer fee of around 8.5 million euros.