Toni Kroos ends career in the national team

The 31-year-old midfielder from Spanish record champions Real Madrid announced this on Friday. “The decision is made, it is irrevocable,” said Kroos in his podcast “Einfach mal Luppen”. It is “always the case that conclusions are logically drawn after tournaments.” But he had already made the decision before the European Championships, said Kroos. “It’s not like I woke up after the tournament and said: For God’s sake, I have to rethink everything,” explained Kroos and, in a conversation with his brother Felix, reported that he had already thought about his career in 2018 to finish in the national team. This had “absolutely nothing to do with the departure”; he had “thought rationally,” explained Kroos. For the family and Real Madrid This is “a decision for the family and for me, because it’s good for me to be with the family more,” said Kroos. He “loved to be a national player”, but this came at the expense of the family. Now he wants to “be there more as a husband and dad for my wife and my three children.” Kroos also explained that he wanted to concentrate on his club Real Madrid in the future. Kroos described the DFB team’s exit in the European Championship round of 16 against England as “very, very bitter”. Immediately afterwards, the future of the veteran was discussed. Kroos was always one of the most important contacts in the national team for the out-of-office national coach Joachim Löw, but was also often exposed to criticism. No field player was used more often or longer under Löw than the man with number eight. In 2014, Kroos, who was born in Greifwald, became world champion with the DFB team in Brazil, and he was a Champions League winner four times with FC Bayern (2013) and Real Madrid (2016-2018). He was club world champion, German and Spanish champion, and cup winner.

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Toni Kroos ends career in the national team

After 106 international matches, Toni Kroos is ending his career in the German national football team.

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