Barcelona started this season strongly, achieving consecutive victories in its first five matches, to lead the Spanish League standings with 15 points, four points ahead of its traditional rival Real Madrid.<\/p>\n
This encouraging start reflects the team’s determination to regain its glory and its strong pursuit of winning a major title this season, after a disappointing last season.
\nIn a related context, press reports revealed a major shock that Barcelona received from Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich, whose name was linked to a move to the Catalan club.<\/p>\n
Barcelona had tried to sign Kimmich during the last summer transfer period, but financial circumstances prevented this from happening and negotiations with the player were halted.
\nThe “Football Spain” website confirmed, based on the newspaper “Mundo Deportivo”, that Max Eberl, the sporting director of Bayern Munich, expressed the club’s desire to keep Kimmich, whose contract expires at the end of the current season.<\/p>\n
Kimmich had previously expressed his openness to the idea of \u200b\u200brenewing his contract with Bayern Munich, which means that the possibility of him moving to Barcelona on a free transfer during the next summer transfer period has become out of reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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