Auf Wiedersehen, Deutschland, and Hola, Espana. Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos becomes the second die Roten star to ditch the Bundesliga for La Liga this summer, after Croatian striker Mario Mandzukic's move to Atletico Madrid was announced recently.
The 24-year-old had a good tournament with his national side and true to form as a playmaker, often had a key role in his team's showings over the course of their victorious campaign and grabbed himself a brace--his first ever World Cup goals--in die Mannschaft's 7-1 hammering of Brazil during the semi-finals.
Real Madrid's Italian tactician, Carlo Ancelotti, has reportedly earmarked the player, who won three Bundesliga titles and the Champions League during his tenure with the Bundesliga giants, as someone who will help spruce things up in the centre of the park for his side as they hope to wrest the league title away from city rivals Atleti.
This will be the first time that Kroos will ply his trade outside his native Germany, where he begun his professional career with Bayern in 2007.
Interestingly, though, his agent was not as quick to discuss the switch, rather statating that a concrete decision will be "made within 24 hours".
