Joshua Kimmich does not travel to the national team: baby joy with the DFB star

Created: 03/21/2022, 16:36

By: Christoph Klaucke

Joshua Kimmich does not travel to the German national team.

The DFB star becomes a father for the third time and stays at home with his children's mother.

Munich/Frankfurt – Joshua Kimmich* was missing from the German national team at the end of the year.

At that time, the unvaccinated FC Bayern professional had to leave as a contact person after his colleague Niklas Süle was infected and go into quarantine.

This time Kimmich didn't even come.

But the reason is a happy one: Kimmich becomes a father, as reported by tz.de.

Joshua Kimmich misses the start of the World Cup year: DFB star becomes a father

At the start of the World Cup, Kimmich actually wanted to play his central role in the DFB team again.

This plan has to wait for now, after all there are more important things in life.

The offspring calls.

Kimmich did not travel to the meeting place of the German national team at the team hotel in Neu-Isenburg on Monday, where the DFB selection is preparing for the upcoming international matches against Israel and in the Netherlands.

According to information from the DFB, Kimmich and his partner Lina Meyer are expecting their third child together these days.

Joshua Kimmich and his girlfriend Lina Meyer are expecting children.

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“Jo is an absolute family man.

The birth of a child is a very special moment in life,” says national coach Hansi Flick, who already knows Kimmich from his time at FC Bayern.

Without Kimmich, the DFB squad initially consists of 24 players.

"We hope that if everything goes well, he'll be with us soon," announced Flick Kimmich's return after the baby was born.

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The start of the national soccer team in the World Cup year must initially take place without Joshua Kimmich.

The 27-year-old Bayern Munich midfielder did not travel to the DFB team's meeting point at the team hotel in Neu-Isenburg on Monday, where the DFB selection is preparing for the upcoming international matches against Israel and in the Netherlands.

According to information from the DFB, Kimmich and his partner are expecting their third child together these days.

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Kimmich and his girlfriend Lina Meyer already have two children together.

The offspring were born in 2019 and 2020 - the triple will follow in 2022.

According to tz information, Meyer's baby bump was clearly visible under her coat at the beginning of February in the Bundesliga home game against RB Leipzig in the Allianz Arena.

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Kimmich had to be in quarantine in November as Niklas Süle's unvaccinated contact person, which further fueled the vaccination debate about him.

First the 27-year-old refused the prick, then he contracted COVID-19 himself and finally showed remorse.

It was "a very, very difficult time," admitted Kimmich.

He "abandoned" his teammates.

Against Israel, but at the latest in the classic against the Netherlands, he should be the stabilizer again as a father of three.

But can he?

Jürgen Kohler has his doubts.

"Joshua Kimmich is an outstanding footballer, a leader and an outstanding game designer," wrote the 1990 world champion in his

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"But he's not the defensive six that is needed to get stability in front of the defensive line," explained Kohler.

Kimmich has "too many deficiencies defensively" for that - and that leads to a fundamental defensive problem in the national team, the former world-class defender analyzed.

Flick should have similar thoughts.

At the beginning of the year, eight months before the 2022 World Cup, he nominated two defensive midfielders in returnee Julian Weigl and newcomer Anton Stach "as an alternative for Jo Kimmich."

Germany will meet Israel and the Netherlands in friendlies on Saturday and Tuesday (March 29).