"Kroos'ed to la decimoquinta"- The Official Welcome Toni Kroos Thread

The difference is that we have a lot of midfielders to replace Kroos if the wheels fall off. We didn't have that with Benzema.

I often agree with you but your hatred for Kroos is a lot. He's having a great season.

 

Kroos has been playing well this season, I’m just wary of extending him prematurely when we haven’t seen how he will do against the top clubs in the CL.

I would rather we move forward in our style of play, then rely on Kroos sitting deep dictating the slow style of play. I believe with the core of players we have we can be a much better team without him. But I’m in the minority here.

 

I had an agenda against Toni during my first go round here (not something I'm proud of), but man have I got egg on my face lol. He's made a complete fool of me and I hope he extends!

 

Tbf

toni has been the most unpredictable player. He has some seasons where he looks completely out of place and where a lot of fans are demanding we move on from him

and then boom world class season

it’s happened a few times

 

That’s my point. Rewarding recent past performance for a player like Kroos is likely not to be a good outcome, but what do I know….

 

You're absolutely right. He has had a couple of completely stinker seasons. I remember the third CL being a bad one.

Cost benefit says it would be worth it to keep that option. If he sucks then we move forward mid season. If not, we ball and win like we have been.

 

In theory yes, but he’s a massive salary and not exactly willing to sit on the bench

 

📲🇩🇪 Toni Kroos on IG. pic.twitter.com/hRghranUyZ

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) February 22, 2024

Having retired 3 years ago from international play, Kroos is now returning to the German national team at 34 years old.

I’m happy with this. On the one hand, he’s 34 and more games may be detrimental. But on the other hand, it’s probably a sign he’s still motivated to continue and not retire

 

Not a fan. I do think his resurgence with Madrid coincided with him retiring from the NT.

I do wish him the best though.

 

He deserves one last shot at another international title. He’s been stellar this season.

 

I disagree with this description of events. He left because he was being scapegoated. He was pushed out and being described as a relic from which the team needed to move on from. You had the likes of Hoeness and Matthaus calling for him to be scrapped and for a new generation to come through. Straight from his wiki:



Three years removed and the national team has gone through multiple top managers without improvement. The young manager in Nagelsmann is calling him saying they need him. The new generation has not come through and they’ve realized they don’t have a profile like him still. He can’t be scapegoated now.

 

Appeal to authority because of your location when you didn't bother to mention that he was being scapegoated 3 years ago by some of the loudest voices of the German national team program? Ok

You can believe it's a bad idea without writing an alternate description of past events.

 

Any chance he is pulling a Zidane and announces his full retirement after playing for his NT?

 

One can only hope.

Kroos was trash in the 2020 Euros, most of that team was. He’s riding a good run of form and selfishly “unretiring” to win the only major trophy he hasn’t won yet.

It’s a fools errand to extend him next season. Rewarding (recent) past performance (for a player his age) is not how to run a club.

my hope is we win Liga/CL and he retires, but I doubt he would anyway.

 

I know I’m in a minority opinion when it comes to Kroos. I’m basing my opinions on his last 2.5 seasons at RM. Our CL run was despite him playing in the crucial matches, last season he was exposed looked slow and hardly gave a toss for defense work rate. This season, looks sharper and better defensively.

I think the NT could be quite good this Euros, all signs were pointing to making a good run at the whole thing. We will see if Kroos has any positive or negative impact.

Him playing this summer and not resting like he has been for the last 3 years will have a negative impact, to the detriment of RM if he extends to next season. But yes, let’s extend him at the high wages and have him sit like Modric for most of next year and complain about playing time, that’s a good strategy.

 

My only concern is the impact on his play level in Real Madrid.
He ain't young anymore, so these games can have a toll on the body if he's constantly playing - and he's having a great year in Madrid.

 

If you were in the same position you’d probably accept the call. If I was in that position and liked my teammates and manager I certainly would do it.

I wouldn’t care about “leaving a bad legacy” because I would only accept the call if I thought I was good enough to take that spot in the squad, and if I did I would just play my best and see what happens rather than worrying about what might go wrong beforehand.

 

I hope Kroos extends...we need this german magician

 

German engineering, the Real Madrid cyborg. The maestro, the conductor to our orchestra. Idc if he plays for Germany. I just want him to stay fit for the crucial parts of the La Liga and UCL run.