Arsenal target Joshua Kimmich receives formal offer to leave Bayern Munich | OneFootball

Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich, who has been linked to Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and even Real Madrid, has received a bumper contract offer from Paris Saint-Germain, according to multiple reports in Germany.

Kimmich's current Bayern contract expires on 30 June and as the trophy-laden Germany international hurtles towards a summer of free agency, he has become one of the biggest talking points of gossip columns around Europe.

Bayern are keen on keeping the defensive midfielder, who has been a near ever-present under Vincent Kompany this season, but recently withdrew their contract offer after Kimmich and his representatives kept on stalling.

Paris Saint-Germain have submitted the first official offer for Kimmich from a foreign club, Sky Germany report, with the French champions understood to have put forward a '"top contract" stretching until 2029. Kimmich is yet to react to that approach.

However, it's stressed that Kimmich is still open to staying in Bavaria, and German publication BILD goes so far as to say that the 30-year-old is "determined" to keep working with Bayern.

Joshua Kimmich has only missed one of Bayern Munich's 37 games across all competitions this season / SOPA Images/GettyImages

Bayern's board member for sport Max Eberl has been a driving force behind the continued offers for Kimmich. "As has often been said and confirmed, the discussions were and are respectful and appreciative," he recently revealed. "However, everyone feels that a decision should be made soon."

The ongoing negotiations have reportedly created a rift between Eberl and the rest of the supervisory board. These members of the upper hierarchy, spearheaded by club president Herbert Hainer, ultimately have the final say over the terms put forward to Kimmich and were behind the decision to withdraw the previous offer from the table.

Reports in Germany claim that a deadline for 17 March has been set for a resolution to this situation.

The stakes of this "poker game", as it has been called by local media, have been raised by admiring glances from clubs beyond PSG. Real Madrid recently entered the race for Kimmich while Liverpool, Man City and Man Utd have all been touted as potential landing spots.

Arsenal have also been in the mix, but it's claimed that the north Londoners pursuit is "not hot at the moment". Before another round of talks take place this week, Kimmich currently has two concrete options; renew his Bayern deal or accept PSG's lucrative offer.