Toni Kroos To Retire From Football After Euro 2024

 

Real Madrid midfielder, Toni Kroos has announced his decision to retire from active football after the summer European championship.

The mercurial German legend made his decision known to Madrid fans via a written letter bringing an end to an illustrious career as a footballer.

In the letter, the world cup winner, sent his heartfelt appreciation to fans of the club for making him feel at home throughout his ten years at the club and revealed that he will officially hang his boot after the Euro 2024 competition with Germany.

Toni Kroos added that he had always wanted to finish his career at the highest possible level and there is no better way to do that than to bring the Champions League trophy to the Bernabeu come June 1st as Los Blancos face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final.

His words:

“As I have always said: Real Madrid is and will be my last club”.

“July 17th, 2014 – the day of my presentation at Real Madrid, the day that changed my life. My life as a footballer – but especially 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 end. I will never forget that insolent successful time! I would particularly like to thank everyone that welcomed me with an open heart and trusted me. But especially I would like to thank you, dear Madridistas, for your affection and your love from the first day until the last one. At the same time this decision means that my career as an active footballer will end this summer after the Euro championship”.

“I am happy and proud, that in my mind I found the right timing for my decision and that I could choose it by my own. My ambition was always to finish my career at the peak of my performance level. From now on there is only one leading thought: a por la 15!!! HALA MADRID Y NADA MAS!”.