"Moscow is of no importance". That's why he actually transferred many of the panzer groups from army group Center (which was the strongest of the three army groups) to army group South. The idea was to cripple the Red Army so much that USSR is forced to capitulate. Of course, it didn't happen, so in September army group Center was reinforced, got its panzer division back from the south and was supposed to take Moscow in October, in a last ditch effort to end the war swiftly.
Moscow had no importance but yet they tried to capture the city?