{"id":143935,"date":"2024-01-26T15:51:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T15:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/26\/man-city-and-liverpool-lock-horns-in-battle-for-kimmich\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T15:51:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T15:51:13","slug":"man-city-and-liverpool-lock-horns-in-battle-for-kimmich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/26\/man-city-and-liverpool-lock-horns-in-battle-for-kimmich\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City and Liverpool lock horns in battle for Kimmich \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Liverpool<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Manchester City<\/strong>\u00a0are the frontrunners in the race to sign\u00a0<strong>Joshua Kimmich<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The versatile Bayern Munich star, 28, has 18 months to run on his current contract in Bavaria and has yet to agree a new deal.<\/p>\n<p>That would open the door for a free exit in the summer of 2025, so Bayern are open to cashing in on the Germany international at the end of this season, according to\u00a0BILD.<\/p>\n<p>Premier League title rivals City and Liverpool are both closely monitoring the midfielder\u2019s situation at the Bundesliga champions, who he joined in 2015 from RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>It is suggested that Anfield chiefs may have the edge over the Citizens, due to Reds sporting director\u00a0Jorg Schmadtke\u2019s connections with the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n<p>Klopp has undergone a midfield rebuild in the last six months and feels Kimmich\u2019s experience would be welcome following the losses of Jordan Henderson and Fabinho last summer.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In other news<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6feb7b31-4143-4a62-9859-415039ffc8d1.jpg\" alt=\"Aston Villa youngster Jhon Duran has scored four goals this season\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aston Villa youngster Jhon Duran has scored four goals this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Telegraph\u00a0has once again linked\u00a0<strong>Chelsea<\/strong>\u00a0with a move for Aston Villa striker\u00a0<strong>Jhon Duran<\/strong>, who is also thought to be on the radar of\u00a0<strong>West Ham.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester United<\/strong>\u00a0are not expecting to sign a replacement for Anthony Martial after the French forward was ruled out for 10 weeks, according to the\u00a0Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal<\/strong>\u00a0have lined up Leipzig attacker\u00a0<strong>Xavi Simons<\/strong>\u00a0if they fail to land priority target\u00a0<strong>Pedro Neto,<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LiveScore: Live Sport Updates<\/h3>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool\u00a0and\u00a0Manchester City\u00a0are the frontrunners in the race to sign\u00a0Joshua Kimmich. The versatile Bayern Munich star, 28, has 18 months to run on his current contract in Bavaria and has yet to agree a new deal. That would open the door for a free exit in the summer of 2025, so Bayern are open to cashing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man City and Liverpool lock horns in battle for Kimmich \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/26\/man-city-and-liverpool-lock-horns-in-battle-for-kimmich\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man City and Liverpool lock horns in battle for Kimmich \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liverpool\u00a0and\u00a0Manchester City\u00a0are the frontrunners in the race to sign\u00a0Joshua Kimmich. 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