Toni Kroos hints that he'll end career at Real Madrid
In an interview with German magazine Kicker, Toni Kroos revealed that he'll likely retire when his contract runs out at Real Madrid in 2022, and that he'd never consider joining Barcelona.</br><a title="Real Madrid-Deportivo live online: LaLiga matchday 20" href="https://en.as.com/en/2018/01/21/football/1516541637_376766.html">Real Madrid-Deportivo: LaLiga matchday 20</a>
Toni Kroos has insinuated in a German magazine that he’ll retire at Real Madrid once his new contract runs its course.
In an interview with Kicker, the midfielder said when his deal at the club ends in 2022, it’ll be a good time go out on a high rather than continue playing with waning powers due to age.
"I don’t foresee myself playing until 38"
“I’ll be the 32 at the end of my contact. I don’t foresee myself playing until 38 or 39. At 32 you’ve given your best years of football. In respect to physicality, it’s a good age to leave it,” assured Kroos, who revealed that the length of his contact was “chosen consciously” with that in mind.
However, the German also left a door open to the possibility of reconsidering that stance. “I don’t want to commit to that given what could happen here in six years,” he admitted, but made clear that we wouldn’t think about going to Real Madrid bitter rivals, Barcelona.
"I don’t contemplate being able to go to Barça"
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“There are moves that you couldn’t do. I don’t contemplate being able to go to Barça. It’s a question of having respect for tradition and the fans.”
Kroos, who’ll miss Saturday’s El Clásico through injury, also showed appreciation for the treatment he has received from Real Madrid since he arrived from Bayern Munich in 2014. “Real Madrid is my club. In the last two years and a half I’ve grown in a sporting and personal sense. Since the first day I have found a positivity from my teammates, the supporters and the the directors.”