If there was a major critique of Julian Nagelsmann during his time with Bayern Munich, it was his incessant tinkering and never really being able to settle on, well, anything.
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Per a report from Bild (as captured by @iMiaSanMia), Nagelsmann will move Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich back to right-back…just a few months after declaring that the 30-year-old was returning to the central midfield:
Julian Nagelsmann is planning to start Joshua Kimmich at right-back against Luxembourg tomorrow. The coach has used him there in training all week.
On the surface. this makes perfect sense because Germany has no good options at right-back at the moment. However, this is the exact kind of indecision that marred Nagelsmann’s Bayern Munich tenure. It was only back on July 30th where Nagelsmann said this:
“As things stand, he [Kimmich] will return to the number six position because he is simply one of two or three players who will always play for their club,” Nagelsmann said.
“Given the short time we have until the World Cup, we don’t have the option to gamble too much on the position and risk having players who may only get 30 or 50 percent playing time at their clubs. Unfortunately, that risk exists with many other candidates for the number six position.
“We have to make sure we have players who are in rhythm. As things stand, we will move Josh back to the number six position. If the usual right-back candidates fail across the board – which I don’t expect – then that could change.”
Well…here we are.
Bayern Munich’s news cycle is off the charts even during this international break. That said, we have some intertwining news to discuss between club and country, plus some other interesting topics on the agenda. Check out what we have on the latest edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Weekend Warm-up Show:
- Is the only thing standing between a return to the German national team for Manuel Neuer, pride? Is it a longstanding beef with Julian Nagelsmann? Let’s discuss.
- Bayern Munich to play Bundesliga games outside of Germany? That does not seem like it would go over well.
- Some news odds and ends — FC Barcelona still owes Bayern Munich 20M for Robert Lewandowski. Daniel Peretz to terminate his loan with Hamburger SV? Bayern Munich confident with Michael Olise. Kingsley Coman blames Max Eberl for his exit.
- Reviewing HBO’s Task.
Also, be sure to stay tuned to Bavarian Podcast Works for all of your up to date coverage on Bayern Munich and Germany. Check us out on Patreon and follow us on Twitter @BavarianFBWorks, @BavarianPodcast @TheBarrelBlog, @BFWCyler, @2012nonexistent, @TommyAdams71 and more.
