Just now, according to the exact news brought by the German media Bild, Bayern Munich midfielder Kimmich is getting closer and closer to joining Barcelona. Kimmich has been seen as the target of the team's purge this summer, and the player's form has declined significantly in recent seasons, and the management is ready to abandon him. And now that the player himself is also eager to leave, Barcelona is clearly a good place to go. After moving to a new environment, Kimmich believes that a turning point in his career can be reached.
Meanwhile, Bayern and Barcelona have more than one deal to talk about this summer. In addition to Barcelona's hope to sign Kimmich next, Bayern are also keen to sign Barcelona centre-back Araujo and midfielder Frenkie de Jong. The relationship between the two sides has actually been very good, with occasional deals over the past season. It is worth mentioning that Bayern's top management has recently proposed a new trade plan, they want to carry out player swaps, and Bayern can add money.
In fact, Bayern originally wanted to package and sign De Rong and Araujo, and the transaction price of these two players will not be less than 70 million euros. In other words, if Bayern wants to win these two superstars, they must spend more than 140 million euros in transfer fees this summer. For Bayern, they don't normally make such a big signing. Although they have money, the top management is relatively restrained, and their transfer philosophy is not to blindly throw money at the roster to enrich the squad. On this basis, how to save money is what Bayern needs to do at the moment. At this time, Barcelona also wanted to sign Kimmich, so Bayern thought of a new way to trade. That is to use some of Kimmiga's transfer funds to exchange for Barcelona's De Jong and Araujo.
In this way, while saving the transfer fee, both sides get the players and funds they want. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone, saving a lot of trouble. Barcelona got both money and a new midfielder, and at the same time got rid of the burden of De Jong's high salary. Bayern, on the other hand, have reduced the transfer fee as much as possible, replacing Kimmich with a new midfielder De Jong and reinforcing the backline, which seems acceptable to both sides.
At present, the senior management of the two sides has negotiated the way to exchange players with money, and the progress is relatively smooth. To a certain extent, the main difficulty in implementing the ideas of Bayern's top management is how much transfer fees Bayern has to add. At this stage, Kimmich is clearly unable to make a one-on-one exchange with either Frenkie de Jong or Araujo. This means that Bayern will most likely continue to add money in addition to the money they used to buy a player. If they want to exchange Barcelona for 70 million euros plus Kimmich, the other side is likely to disagree.
But if too much money is spent, Bayern is also a little reluctant to do so. The two sides are currently negotiating the amount of the price increase, and as long as an agreement can be reached in this regard, the deal will be completed. For Bayern, their determination to strengthen the squad this summer is huge. As long as the team can acquire Frenkie de Jong and Araujo, the quality of the central midfield will be further improved. In the case of Kane and others in hot form, Bayern's only remaining shortcomings come from the midfield. As long as this problem can be solved, then their overall squad next season can be compared with Real Madrid and Manchester City. At the same time, for Barcelona, although Araujo is very talented, the recklessness of the players in key battles is still an unstable factor.
It's no secret that the Red and Blue want to sell it for money. As for De Jong, the players are indeed diligent and have a certain tactical effect on Barcelona. However, the reason for the sale of him at the top was salary, and De Jong had previously signed an incremental contract. Next season, his salary will reach a terrifying 40 million euros, which is too much for Barcelona to afford. Selling it is just a way to get rid of his high-paying contract. Therefore, Bayern's next proposal, Barcelona is likely to accept it. What do you think about this?