In recent seasons, Manchester City have been looking for a number of midfield reinforcements in the transfer market, both to add replacements for Rodri and to prepare for the post-De Bruyne era.
However, the team has hit a wall in this regard, with the successive introductions of Phillips, Mateo Kovacic and Nunes not working alone, and the England midfielder even underperforming during the loan period and selling them at a discount.
In addition, Guardiola and the management's preferred target Musiala has also recently received bad news, the Bundesliga team Bayern is willing to offer 20 million to 24 million euros to retain the youngster, which makes the English giants who have pursued him for two years completely lose their advantage.
With the likelihood of a first-choice target reduced, Manchester City quickly activated the second option in the list, with the latest news from the English media outlet The Mirror suggesting that Manchester City and Bayern Munich star Kimmich are interested in each other, with the latter willing to join and reunite with Pep Guardiola.
The 29-year-old's performances at Bayern Munich have been controversial, with years of dressing room problems and the team's failure to continue dominating the Bundesliga to disappoint the outside world, and even Bayern were revealed to be willing to sell him before the start of the summer window.
In the transfer market, there are many teams interested in Kimmich, including Barcelona, Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal, many of the big clubs have been in contact with the player.
With one year left on his contract, Bayern's asking price for Kimmich is €35 million, but more crucially, the player's annual salary before tax is up to €20 million.
This monetary reality quickly put Barcelona and Liverpool out of contention, and then Manchester City became the player's preferred choice because of Pep Guardiola, in short, if Manchester City were willing to meet Bayern's asking price and player salary, they could win Arsenal to sign Kimmich.
With Manchester City's squad configuration, signing Kimmich is a very good addition.
The Germany international had controversial club performances last season but put in top performances at the European Championships.
He made four appearances and provided one assist, creating 10 chances, which is the fifth highest number of chances created by the media, behind Eriksen's 16, Kroos 13 and Yamal and De Bruyne 11.
It is worth noting that in Nagelsmann's tactics, Kimmichdo plays as a wing-back, which means that he can provide playing time for both positions at Manchester City in the future, increasing Guardiola's tactical options, and secondly, the two top players who create opportunities in the European Championship will partner together, and the attacking firepower of the Blue Moon will skyrocket next season.