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While a contract extension at Real Madrid was being considered, Toni Kroos announced on Tuesday that he will end his career after Euro 2024, which he will play at home in Germany.
It’s an announcement that we weren’t necessarily expecting. At 34, Toni Kroos has decided to end his career at the end of Euro 2024, which he will play at home with Germany. For several months, negotiations had been carried out between the midfielder, at the end of his contract with Real Madrid, and the Spanish club for a possible extension, without knowing why they did not succeed more quickly. The answer came on Tuesday.
In a message posted on his Instagram account, the Merengue made his imminent sporting retirement official. “July 17, 2014, the day of my presentation 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 10 years, at the end of the season, this chapter comes to an endhe writes. I will never forget this period full of success! »
Toni Kroos, an extraordinary track record
“I would particularly like to thank all the people who welcomed me with an open heart and who trusted me. But above all I would like to thank you, dear Madrilenians, for your affection and love from the first to the last day, adds the former Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen player, three-time German champion, four-time Spanish champion and winner of the 2014 World Cup with the Mannschaft. Among other titles.
“At the same time, this decision means that my football career will end this summer after the Euro. As I have always said, Real Madrid is and will be my last club. I am happy and proud that I found the right moment in my mind to make my decision and that I was able to choose it myself. My ambition has always been to end my career at the peak of my performance level,” continues No. 8 of the White House.
A sixth Champions League to finish?
And to conclude: “From now on, there is only one guiding thought: a por la 15! Hala Madrid y nada mas! » Before hanging up his boots with his selection, Toni Kroos will try to win the fifteenth Champions League in the history of Real Madrid, which would be his sixth personal. It will be the 1er June, at Wembley Stadium in London, against Borussia Dortmund. A magnificent way to come full circle for this merengue legend.
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