A football legend retires. Elegant midfielder for Real Madrid and the National team, Toni Kross (34) announced this Tuesday that he would not only close his Madrid adventure after the Champions League final, but also purely and simply retire from the outcome of the next Euro which he will play at home with Germany.
“July 17, 2014, the day I was presented to Real Madrid, the day that changed my life. My life as a footballer – but above all as a person. It was the start of a new chapter at the biggest club in the world. After ten years, at the end of the season, this chapter comes to an end. At the same time, this decision means that my active football career will end this summer after the Euros,” he wrote in an Instagram post.
“My ambition has always been to finish my career at the peak of my performance level. From now on, there is only one guiding thought: let’s go for the fifteenth (Champions League)!!! HALA MADRID Y NADA MAS! “, he continued.
Two missions to complete the loop in style
One of the most beautiful right legs on the continent will therefore end a brilliant career that began at Bayern Munich in 2007, before joining the Merengues in 2014, a club with which he won four Champions Leagues and as many Spanish championship titles. . After a new title in C1 which reaches out to him with Real, on June 1, against Dortmund, this summer he will try to win his last trophy with the German selection.
“Real Madrid would like to express its gratitude and affection to Toni Kroos, a player who is already part of the club’s history and who is one of the great legends of our club and world football. Toni Kroos will forever remain in the hearts of all Madrid fans,” said the merengu clube in a press release.