Bayern Munich's 10 best signings of the decade (2010-2019)

#8 Joshua Kimmich (2015)

Joshua Kimmich could become one of Bayern's all-time greats

One of the key members of the current Bayern Munich squad, the versatile Joshua Kimmich is arguably amongst the world’s best defensive players currently, and the fee of €7m that Die Roten paid RB Leipzig for his services in January 2015 now seems laughable; ten times that amount probably wouldn’t buy him today.

When Pep Guardiola brought him to the Allianz Arena, Kimmich hadn’t even played a top-flight game in his career; he was just 19 years old and was hugely unproven, but the former Barcelona boss put his faith in him and while he departed Bayern just months after the player’s arrival, it’s easy to see why he rated him so highly.

Capable of playing both as a right-back and as a defensive midfielder, Kimmich has a fantastic range of passing, is an incredibly tenacious tackler, and in 2018-19, finished second in the Bundesliga for the number of assists registered with an impressive total of 13. Essentially, he’s filled the hole left by the legendary Philipp Lahm, who retired in 2017 – and judging by his development thus far, he could even surpass the former Bayern captain.

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Edited by Amar Anand