I'll miss that switch of the ball from left to right to Carvajal😢

His worst passing accuracy in his Madrid tenure was 92 percent A legend of the game

Retiring while you are still playing at such high level is something to admire. Real Madrid and football will always remember him.

Kroos will forever be a Real Madrid legend, one of the best of his generation

He is not fed up. He is just a very principled man.

First Player after Zidane to retire at Real Madrid! Greatness follows Greatness!

I don't know why they're talking about this situation as if Kroos's only options was go to a less competitive league or retire. He was offered a new contract at Madrid, Ancelotti was very eager to keep him, his relationship with the club was amazing, if he didn't retire, he would have continued at Madrid for another season

Let's be real , Trophy achievements wise , this man clears Modric , Iniesta , KDB , Maradona , Xavi , Pirlo , Kaka , Ozil , Muller , Scholes , Gerrard and Lampard. Also better in Passings too... One of the very few talents. THANK YOU GERMAN SNIPER 👏

Toni Kroos' CV is insane: - 1x World Cup - 3x Bundesliga - 4x La Liga - 5x UCL - 6x Club World Cup - 5x UCL Team of the Season - 3x FIFPRO World XI - 3x UEFA TOTY - World Cup Team of the Tournament 2014 - Euro Team of the Tournament 2016

Fantastic player. It would awesome to see him end his career winning the Euro’s at home in Germany.

His career passing accurracy at Real Madrid is 94% 🤯🤯🤯 31769 / 33911 passes completed

I have never seen a player like Kroos. He makes difficult things look easy. He was the king on the pitch. At first glance he doesn't do much, but if you look, he controls everything

Top 5 CM of all time! You don’t dominate Europe, win a treble, world cup, league titles like him while being an integral part of all those title winning teams without being a 🐐! Thank You for everything Kroos, he truly broke Madridistas hearts today but we understand🤍!

The way he hit a ball with force so pure every single time with either foot was incredible to see.

I hate the fact that this is such a lazy take. Kroos has been so clear about his plans and how he sees life post football. A quick google and some podcast episodes would have given y’all much more depth. Kroos loved the game but never wanted to be one of those guys in the bench or in a lower level team. He can’t deal with incompetence and he demands so much from himself and everyone around him. For those that know he literally stopped with the German team because of how bad the coaching and level was, and prolonged time with family and Madrid. Now he’s going to retire a legend , he just opened his football academy for boys and girls in Madrid. Clearly Kroos has a well established path post playing days.

Kroos stand for King of passes

Casemiro went from playing alongside Kroos and Modric---to McTominay and Bruno Fernandes. LOL.

I will always remember breaking the sound barrier at my television when he scored that free kick vs Sweden in the World Cup. Cheers Kroos for all the memories

Our GOAT, Toni Kroos. RESPECT ! 🥇🏆🙌

One of the best midfielders ever /Liverpool fan

He is a true legend.. Trust me he will come back as a manager and gonna rock football again.. He will be another xabi Alonso

There’s more to life than football. Football is a part of life.

This is a sad day, I feel Toni still had a lot to offer to our beautiful game

"He has an opinion I have an idea" lmao savage, I'm stealing this...

I am still coping with football with guys like Zidane, Pablo Aimar, Riquelme, Xavi, Iniesta, Pirlo, Scholes, Frings, Ballack, Seedorf, Bastian, Kaka all retired and now Kroos. Feels to me like football is slowly dying because most of the youngsters and midfielders we are considering to be the best now would all be average players back in the days.

Hearing Toni speak, I see a future of a manager for him, his game analysis and maturity is always classy.

The BEST midfielder of all time. NOBODY comes close to the greatness of Toni Kroos. Won the world cup dominating midfield and Champions League with both Bayern München and 4(!!) times with Real Madrid and he has 1 final left. He is clear of every midfielder we have seen

seeing Kroos leave is the hardest thing to accept as madridista no long pass to mbappe wish he stayed 1 more season so we could see him in ucl germany final maybe

There's no copies of Toni Kroos. Not even a bad copy.

The video of Real Madrid to Toni Kroos that will make you cry, tears dried. Danke German Sniper and what a player. Brilliant measured and calculated passes. It is highly recommended and a MUST for Real Madrid management, board of directors, coaching staff, people working in their club who are involved on the transfer-market to permanently sell who are currently out on loan to play for another football club, do not offer a loan with buy back clause or with a number or percentage rights, recall or return players that are currently on-loan by another football club to play for Real Madrid, ageing ((28) years old and above), inconsistent (due to limited playing time, never have played and always on the bench, poor defensively, not performing well) regardless of age, injury prone, those who are not comfortable playing in different position, that MUST happen on or before July 2027. We are referring to Modric, Kroos, José Ignacio Fernández Iglesias "Nacho", José Luis Mato Sanmartín "Joselu", Vasquez, Daniel Carvajal Ramos "Dani Carvajal", Courtois, Alaba, Rudiger, Arrizabalaga, Mendy, Daniel Ceballos Fernández "Dani Ceballos" Jesús Vallejo Lázaro "Jesus Vallejo", Francisco José García Torres "Fran Garcia", Diaz, Juan Miguel Latasa Fernández "Juanmi Latasa", Reinier Jesus Carvalho "Reinier", Rafael Marín Zamora "Rafa Marin", Nicolás "Nico" Paz Martínez, & Guler. Once they get sold these are the players should be sign based on their positions on or before July 2027. Right Back: Jesus Fortea, Malo Gusto, Pedro Lima Left Back: Alphonso Davies, Miguel Gutierrez Centre Back: William Saliba, Leny Yoro, Dean Huijsen Main Striker: Kylian Mbappe Lastly Real Madrid must never offer a contract to these players for a RIGHT BACK position, that are inconsistent regardless of age, poor defensively, has disadvantage of height and strength (lacks muscles), proven already that unable to stop wingers/strikers in different leagues, injury-prone, has beyond 60 million euro's transfer-market value, and ageing 27 years old and above, and turning 27 years old and above on year 2027. We are referring to Darmian, Walker, Trippier, Di Lorenzo, Cancelo, Dumfries, Calabria, White, Mazraoui, Wan-Bissaka, Alexander-Arnold, Hakimi, Tomiyasu, Royal, Dalot, Porro, James, Boey, Frimpong, Couto, Livramento, Terracciano, Bradley, Sanchez, Lewis, Fresneda and Gray.

My Goat midfielder 🐐🤍

Toni has always been clear that he wants to end his career at Madrid and at the highest level of performance he can give. So the retirement part is not shocking, the fact that he chose this year to retire and not next year comes as a shock. He has showed one of his bets forms this season and Real Madrid still wanted to keep him.

Seeing all these players retire that you grow up watching just hits different...😔

Only the Euro left for him to complete football LEGEND

From all Madridistas in the world a huge thank you Toni for all your fantastic and amazing contributions to the best football (soccer) team in the world. You will always be remembered as a titan mid-fielder at Real Madrid and the best in the world. We are very lucky to have you to play for us since you joined us in 2014 and you blessed us with an amazing and very enjoyable 10 year run of amazing victories and many championships. From the bottom of our hearts we wish you all the best to you and your family. You will always be in our hearts and we hope and wish that you will change your mind and play for us for another year as we still need you Toni. You are just great. You are still young Toni, just 34. So please come back.......just for one more year. Luka Modric is waiting for you to join him next season. We all are going to miss you ..... a lot. Very amazingly .... your last match with Real Madrid is going to be the UEFA Championship Final against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium in London on June 1st. All Madridistas hope and wish that you will help us win our 15th silver trophy. It will be a very appropriate final match sendoff to a super player. HALA MADRID

The news broke my heart.. I was expecting Modric but Toni?

Toni Kroos is a midfield maestro one of the best number 8s we’ve ever seen. Imagine tell your kids that a guy who wasn’t the most skillful fastest or strongest player dominated football and won almost everything for club and country. He’s a serial winner and has won trophies consistently whether it’s with Real Madrid Bayern Munich or the Germany national team and his trophy cabinet many players dream of having it. He was part of a Bayern Munich team that won the treble in the 2012-13 season, he helped Germany win the World Cup in 2014 and while at Real Madrid everyone talks about Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale as players who are pivotal in them conquering European football, Kroos helped them win many champions league titles. His style of play catches the eye. He’s not known for his dribbling or skills, he’s a deep lying playmaker who impacts the game in unparalleled ways. He’s never been a flashy player but the way he plays is just something else. He understands the basic components of football and that’s because he’s so intelligent has that ice cold composure and technique, very good on the ball and has an unlimited range of passing that many players cannot replicate. Even though it seems like he’s always playing sideways passes, at least every time he passes the ball and has possession, he always make the right decision, you can’t say that about a lot of midfielders who have better numbers than him. One of the biggest problems in modern football is people who only obsess over stats as the only thing that fans care about is goals and assists nothing else. In my opinion, we need to move beyond this whole “stat driven culture” and appreciate players who influence the game like Kroos does even if his stats weren’t always dominate. Real Madrid is going to miss him a lot simply because he’s a special player who is irreplaceable in his own way.

Toni should be on the top 5 ballon d’or this year

Heartbroken by this a Real Madrid legend

Toni Kroos is humble and don't talk much, like Sergio Busquets, with calm, he went on to become world champion and club icon.

Seeing how more emotional and passionate he’s been this year explains it all. He knew this would be his last year playing

11:26 Lmfao even Dan was surprised that everyone was nice 😂

Good to see one who says he's not going to a retirement league

The insight of the space and time when you are playing on the field versus what is seen on screen is spot on and good to know. This is valuable for the youth.

In my mind the greatest of the clear cut greatest trio of all time who played on the greatest team we have ever seen and will ever see for the next 100 years. 3 UCLs in a row

Germany vs Brazil 2014 World Cup semi...Toni Kroos masterclass!!!

Toni Kroos, a meticulous midfield metronome.

Kroos is a family man .kudos 2 him. I wish him well

O dear, I watched him from his under-17 world cup campaign in 2007, and boy was he magical from the start, he's one of the football brains, he'll surely be a great coach

This is heartbreaking. My heart is aching 🥹🙌🏽🤍

Germany surely gained some fans for the euros.

The greatest midfielder ever. I wish he had stayed at Bayern. He was so successful at Real Madrid. I am glad he was with us in 2014 to win the World Cup as well. What a beast. A legend. Hopefully we can win the Euros.

Kroos is the only football player that had the decency of not going to the WC of Qatar, literally the only player with values. Besides that, he found a perfect time for retiring with class

Its absolutely fascinating that these pundits cover laliga week and week out, and don't have a single clue what Toni is about. He is the most fit guy in the squad, every season is the peak season for him and he has said so many times before that he will stop playing in his peak. He has an academy, if you are curious what he wants to do next.

Sad day. He will surely be missed HALA MADRID!!!

Finishing at top level n with top club only few can manage.

Background music is banging

Kroos’ free kick against Sweden, his goal from a corner kick; his insane passes to Vini after signalling to Vini to run… those stay in my head rent free

I will always miss 2014 real Madrid CR 7 kroos james

Frank said "toni kroos is fed up" becauee he is retiring now despite releasing a statement on why he is retiring. Honestly i despise the media everyday. They just say words to just to say words

Thanks

Great analysis from Craig.

I was not planning for this

Have they heard about "Quality and more time with family and loved ones" ? 🤔

That diagonal switch of play in all perfection wi always be remembered. Not forgetting determining the tempo of the game. The sublime passing, hmmm. What a Legend! Toni Kroos... Well done Madridistas, we are grateful. 🎉

Kroos : The Last German Machine (oh yeah with Muller and Neuer of cuz 😁)

Thank you sniper.🔴

Mad respect for Toni.

He was always first choice under every coach of Real in the last ten years. That says everything.

I respect Kroos for being a such reliable player, his mind boggling passing accuracy made him so. I admire his elegance, never lost temper, always focused on the game. He retires at the right time. Very realistic.

Kross is like xavi, pirlo and busqute combined

Dude came did his thing and left I always like the way he plays will miss him

THANK YOU TONI FOR THIS LAST DECADE😭😭💔🙏🏽🌍🥇🏆🐐 EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND CONTRIBUTED FOR REAL MADRID AND OUR MADRIDISTA FAMILY😭🖤🙏🏽 YOU ARE A CLUB LEGEND AND WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED AND EXTREMELY MISSED TONI!!!!!! PARA SIEMPRE HALA MADRID😭😭😭💔🖤🙏🏽🐐🏆🥇

Toni is world 🌎 class player he make everything easy in football ⚽

He taught the kids the Madrid mentality and left on top of his game respect 🫡

Toni Kross had that Spanish technique coupled with German industry. I've watched so much of Kross, stationed as a pure 8, near the left back, avail himself to ease the press and he never seem to lose the ball. Although technically gifted he really did put a number of miles on his body, especially with how undroppable the 3 of them were. I've also watched Touchmeni a great deal as well as Cavaminga & they seem not to think as quickly as Kross, despite their other strenghts. As with Michael Ballack, technically gifted players with a hellava engine.

Now I don’t know if I want Dortmund to win or Madrid to win

The best No.8 ever touched the ball… period

Our boy!! He went to my school for three years before transferring to Bayern Munich. We read in the local newspaper about the Hansa youth team's successes in Germany's youth league and in international tournaments against top clubs like man utd, inter, real etc. Kroos was already called talent of a century when he was only 15, 16. The thing which makes me so proud of him is that he unlike so many others managed to deliver and achieve an absolute dream career of any ordinary boy. Coming from the small town, go to the regional club, go to the best national club, become the best player at the U17 world cup in 2007 and go to the best club in the world. And stay there till the end!!

We will miss you legend

I’m gutted that we wouldn’t hypothetically be able to see him make a long pass to potentially mbappe or to endrick or to ardar… I wish he’ll change his mind for atleast one more year so him and modric bow out at the same time .. 🐐🐐

Kroos is a legend and I have no clue how we will his big shoes. Pure class.

Surely, Toni Kroos will win the ballon dor 2024 he's one of the greatest players in the history of Real Madrid.

Tony Kroos Aka The Kaizer A Great Player A Legend And A Capeone SALUTE

I’m off to watch the 2014 World Cup highlights again.

Favourite midfielder of the 2010 era

Every generation will have special players. Kross easily makes the list of special players in this generation. There is no compare to other players because there is not need for this. We must all applaud and revel at his uniqueness and greatness.

Tony kroos what a player 👌🦅

toni kroos is great footballer with a great career for both club and country, definitely a legend

One of the most underrated players of his generation

The most difficult thing in football is to play simple and effortless …. Kroos is the definition of it !!

I’m not surprised becaus the guy has won everything. Happy retirement man

I'm dismayed by this news to be honest. I'll live to tell my kids I got to watch Antonio play for the best team in the world. Enjoy retirement Champ! You have absolutely earned it💐

and also ... 34 is quite old ... it's not like he's retiring at 27 .. no, not all people should be pepe who still playing until 41 .. kross done his job enough at this sport. we don't need all of that retirement arc. he can and will retired as one of the best. and the most important thing, he will have more time for himself and family ..

What a great player Very humble person Too soon to retire tho.

Best midfielder could still play

This is the first retirement to actually hit me hard (no Diddy) since Zizou 😢😢😢😢 Kroos is my favourite Real Madrid player of this generation❤ May the football gods crown him with his 6th UCL title as a parting gift 🥲🥲🥲

As A German he plays football with brain than legs. He reads the game very well. Made awsome innumarable passes. Thank you. He will be back as a MANAGER soon🌷👍🏼

Kroos truly deserves the ballon d'or. For what has been doing for a decade its AI level of consistency

Zidane was the last one to leave at his peak