Toni Kroos To Retire From Football After EURO 2024
Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Toni Kroos will retire from professional football after this summer's European Championships.
The 34-year-old's contract with Los Blancos will expire at the end of this season and he has decided not to pen fresh terms.
Kroos has spent the last ten years with Real Madrid, winning among others four UEFA Champions League titles and four La Liga crowns.
He started his career with Bayern Munich, where he won three Bundesliga titles and the Champions League in 2013.
Kroos also won the 2014 World Cup with Germany.
Kroos' has the chance to win his sixth Champions League title in his last game for Real Madrid against Borussia Dortmund on June 1 at Wembley.
“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," he said in a statement.
"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!”
