Overview

• Bundestrainer Julian Nagelsmann has confirmed that captain Joshua Kimmich will occupy the Sechser role instead of right-back for the national team.
• Joshua Kimmich has accepted the reassignment pragmatically and remains ready to revert to right-back if called upon.
• The 30-year-old has maintained his rhythm in the defensive midfield position while starring for Bayern Munich.
• Germany’s coaching staff has built contingency plans to redeploy Kimmich at full-back should other right-back candidates falter.
• The new midfield alignment is set to debut in World Cup qualifying matches on September 4 in Bratislava and September 7 in Cologne.