Will he bring him back to the national team? Julian Nagelsmann raved highly about Toni Kroos. However, the national coach left it open as to whether he wanted to ensure that the Real Madrid superstar returned to the DFB team.
“It’s actually an interesting thought,” said Nagelsmann when asked about the Kroos option: “You have to think about all the players who have a German passport – I think that’s my job. I’ve had many exchanges with Toni, even long before I became national coach. Because I see him as an outstanding player and an outstanding person.”
However, he has not yet spoken “in concrete terms” about a return. Rather, it was generally about the national team. He doesn’t know whether Kroos will take part in the next international matches in March: “That depends on his performance. From him, from many things…”
Kroos is a very reflective person who has a “selfless opinion on many issues in football that have previously affected my clubs, but also affect the national team”.
Nagelsmann continued to rave: “In Madrid he is one of the kings – and rightly so! Because he simply does it exceptionally well.” The exchange with the 33-year-old is always very interesting. “He is one of the players, there are not twenty, with whom you can talk very confidently about all topics.”
“Antonio did indeed ask. I had to think for a long time, he caught me off guard because I didn’t have that idea myself, it only came through him,” Kroos said during the week DAZN: “That made me think about it and give him an answer that I can’t give today.”
Kroos is under contract in Madrid until 2024.