Football Fans worldwide find themselves in disbelief as one of the greatest to ever grace the football field announced his retirement. Toni Kroos annouced his retirement stating that the Euros 2024 will be his last tournament before bidding farewell to this beautiful game. Here is a lookback to his Marvelous career where he started as the brightest prospect and cemented his place as the legend of the game.

Early career

Toni Kroos started playing football at a very young age. At just the tenure age of 16 he made his first ever professional debut with the club Hansa Rostock. Later that year he was selected by the youth team of  Bayern Munich in the year 2006. In no time he caught the eye of everyone as he was promoted to the senior team and made his Bundesliga debut in September 2007. He was one of the brightest German prospect and Bayern sent him at loan at Bayer Leverkusen in 2009-2010 season. After his return from the loan special he became a key player for Bayern Munich. Toni Kroos with Bayern Won 3 Bundesliga, 1 Champions League, 3 DFB Pokal, 1 Supercup and 1 FIFA club World Cup.

Toni Kroos also made his international debut for Germany in 2010 and was a part of 23 man German squad for the world cup. He made his apperance in final group stage game, quarter finals, semi finals and the thirld place game that year.

He won multiple trophies with Bayern Munich early on in his career which showed why he was the next big thing in football. 

In the year 2014, he went on to win the World Cup with Germany being the highest assist provider and German Player of The year. He started the brightest and was consistent throughout.

A Decade at Real Madrid

After winning world cup , the German was on the highest attention however after the disapproval of Bayern to give him the similar wages as Mario Gotze(who scored the winning goal in the World Cup Finals) , talks started about his transfers. Manchester United were the ones who almost bought him but the change in management made the other decision. Real Madrid and Carlo Ancelotti came in the the biggest steal deal of Toni Kroos to Real Madrid was possible for just 25 million.

This transfer till date is considered one of the best because Real Madrid got the greatest midfielder of this generation at such low price who would eventually be the orchestrator of the way of Real Madrid. Real Madrid played the Toni Kroos way. The German alongside Isco, Modric and Casemiro became the unbeatable midfield force in football world. 

Toni Kroos in a decade won 22 major trophies for Real Madrid including 5 Fifa Club World Cup, 4 Laliga, 4 Supercopa De Espana, 4 UEFA Champions League, 3 UEFA Super Cup , 1 Copa Del Rey. He became the sniper with 95.86 percentage pass accuracy rate which is a dream for all other footballers. 

Silently silencing haters

Toni Kroos is one of those players with no haters in the football would because all his haters turned to his fans. He has successfully proven every statement against him false. Bayern Ceo refused to give him same treatment as Mario Gotze and after that he adder 22 trophies to his cabinet. He never had his prime because all his career is a prime. He won with a Galactico team and he won with the transitioning team. He made the stats of Cristiano better and he made the stats of Vinicius better. Every season he dominated the midfield. He never had enough media attention but he always ensured that media every season had to write about his magic on the field. He silently dominated the world football charts with 33 major titles at just 35 years of age.

The final dance

Kroos will play his final game for Real Madrid at the finals of UCL against Borussia Dortmund. Kroos started his Champions League win streak by defeating Borussia Dortmund at Wembley in 2013. He is ending his career by playing against Borussia Dortmund in UCL final at Wembley and would do everything to win it. He is the most decorated UCL player at the moment with 5 champions league to his name and he would like to break his own and win 6th UCL. The whole world is excited as Kroos will bid farewell in the most colourful way as possible. 

Kroos will play his final tournament in the EUROs with Germany and would want to win the whole thing as the UEFA Euro cup is the only cup missing from the trophy cabinet of Toni Kroos. He would definetely want to hand his boots by completing football and what a way would it be to end.

Lastly as a fan, Toni Kroos leaving is mostly painful however the way he is leaving just shows why he is thee GOAT. He is leaving just the way he wants. He never had a prime in his career , his whole career was so beautiful. He absolutely won over football becoming everyones football. Toni Kroos the boy who makes football easy, the sniper, the man who doesnt feel any pressure, the man who orchestrates the game, the artist, the magician , the man to do the impossible, the winner, the Legend , The Greatest of all Time, Happy Retirement . Danke KROOS. Football will miss you.