Xavi Was My Role Model While Growing Up – Kimmich

Bayern Munich defender, Joshua Kimmich has come out to say that he would love to play alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. He, however, revealed that Barca legend, Xavi was his biggest influence while growing up.

According to him, he still cannot understand how both Ronaldo and Messi have been able to maintain their level for more than fifteen years, so he would like to learn from them up close.

He added that Xavi was his role model while growing up because he played with immense vision, technique and superb passing ability.

His words, “Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

“For me, it’s so impressive, almost unbelievable, how you can maintain this level for over 15 years. I’d like to see what they do every day.”

“My role model was always Xavi Hernandez from Barcelona,”

“He was never the biggest, but he played with vision, technique and [superb] passing, always bringing others into the game.”

“He impressed me and that’s how I wanted to play. I got to know him during a training camp in Doha and it was a really cool moment!”