To his 34 years, Toni Kroos is for completing one of his best seasons in the Real Madrid and also his last like professional player. The German announced this Tuesday that will hang the boots after it finalise his participation in the next Eurocopa with his country, one that besides will contest after having decided return to the selection does some months, after two years of retreat.
The midfield player that has happened the last ten years of his career in the white club, although before that operation that carried it of Munich to Madrid could have been to Barcelona in that summer of 2014. The Bayern in that moment put him in the market to a price of alone 25 million euros and by his characteristics seemed an ideal profile to fit in the style of game of the Barça, of a lot touch and association.
The Barça understood that two mediocampistas the same summer was not necessary
The Barcelona club had him in folder, but still with the presence of the best centre of the field of his history, with Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi Hernández, the Barça opted by only fichar to a mediocampista for the new season, the one who would finish being the one of the second triplete in the history of the entity. The culés triumphed in 2015, dominated Spain and Europe with Luis Enrique in the bench and especially with Leo Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar, but the time finish giving the reason to the Madrid, or at least showing the mistake of the Barça.
And it is that this course marked the arrival of Ivan Rakitic, an authentic tarpaulin if we take into account that even it finish marking in the final of the Champions League in front of the Juventus in Berlin, but was an operation that finish going of more to less, all the contrary to what has done Kroos. The Croat arrived with 26 recently fulfilled years and in return of 20 million euros, more the cession of Denis Suárez, a price no very far to the of the German, the one who clearly has finished being a mediocampista much more decisive.
The path of Kroos has been clearly upper
It remains clear that can not have to a failure in the signing of Rakitic, the one who always added a lot of minutes and delivered constant performances in his five season, especially by the fact to having won 4 Leagues and 4 Glasses of Rey, in addition to the Champions above-mentioned. But the culés also could have been more aggressive in the signing of Kroos, the one who left to the Madrid more than a month after Rakitic, and with the exit of Xavi being a reality in this moment, would have been another big option for the midfield culé.