Official: Toni Kroos to Real Madrid

Mr Nick09 wrote:if that happens switch modric and kroos, play modric on the left

The Franchise wrote:I am sure he did love the combo, but he cant fit both of them, Lahm, Bastian and Martinez all in the same side considering his love for Lahm in the pivot.

Aswell the Danish kid im sure he wants to start using knowing him.

Yohan Modric wrote:We could have won La Liga if Ancelotti took a risk and played all the big players.

Di Maria was one our most important players in terms of the way we played. His dribbling, his work rate, crossing etc were all big factors. Kroos and Rodriguez offer something different.

which part of injuries or exhaustion don't you understand?, stop acting like a robot playing fifa 24/7
Right now we have a style that works. Defend and counter vs possession teams and play possession vs everyone else.

Next season realistically I don't think we'll retain the CL and there'll be problems we'll need to sort out. But for now everything is fine imo.

Chairman of the Board of Directors for Bayern Munich, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has confirmed that the Bavarian club will sell German international midfielder, Toni Kroos for economic reasons, as the club does not want to let a player of his level leave on a free transfer next summer.

In a recent interview, Rummenigge confirmed the Kroos’ imminent departure but refused to divulge which club the 24-year-old will play for next season.

“We didn’t want to lose him next season and not be paid his release clause.

“We are obligated to look after the club’s finances and we couldn’t allow that luxury.”

However, Rummenigge, when pressed, all but confirmed that Kroos would be joining Real Madrid.

“It’s true that there have been talks with Real Madrid for Toni.”

Kroos is expected to announce his decision on Wednesday and reports suggest that the World Cup winner will be officially be presented by Los Blancos on Thursday at the Santiago Bernabeu, after paying, if Rummenigge is to be believed, his 25 million euro release clause.

http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/116670/bayern-munich-confirm-sale-of-toni-kroos-for-economic-reasons/

chad4401 wrote:the bias in here is amazing, zealous knows damn well if cr or any of his favourites had the same impact as di maria, he would obviously wank about it, i have seen him and poster like him praise worse performances like its the best thing they have ever seen, just cause they like a player , yet no one call this bullshit out

titosantill wrote:Once again, I feel Kroos is a replacement for alonso, provide some calm in midfield, and alonso who has played a hell of a lot of games since joining us will either come of the bench or rotate minutes of some sort.

As for Di maria, I stated before I don't think the club wants to sell him, I think he wants to leave as he may have become disillusioned with resent developments...Rewind back to last season, Ozil was an 'untouchable' (according to marca who had an article after mourinho left and before we got carlo citing a couple of players in the team as nontransferable), bale came in and the question was, one of ozil or di maria had to leave, maria according to zizou chose to stay and fight for a place.

As the season progressed injury hampered Bale's initial playing time and Maria remained in the line up performing quite well on the right (i prefer him as central mid), Bale returned, Maria gets benched and that's where the disillusion takes place. Remember there was a game he scored (i think in champs league), where he pointed at the stands and the media claimed he was pointing at florentino's presidential box as he wasn't happy with his treatment.

By christmas, Monaco was heavilly touted as the destination for Di Maria, a deal worth 35 million, and it seemed di maria and the club president and advisers were not frowning about the deal until carlo stepped in and found a new role for di maria in central midfield; a position he seemed to have made his own.

Presently, if one puts themselves in di maria's shoes; a talented player who was close to leaving due to the arrival of another talented player, and now is playing in a position that though he is solid in, he doesn't necessarily consider this his primary position (though he has played cmf for argentina, and ideally he is a left winger, but won't play on the left wit us for obvious reasons), he must have in the back of his mind that the club can and has the power to at some point sign an ideal central midfielder instead of having a winger playing there, despite his past heroics and as such feels he isn't given the respect he deserves.

From what i hear, talk of an improved deal was on the table for Di Maria, especially after his performances this season as a whole, coupled with his performance in the ucl final, where most of our starters where just playing garbage. the problem or road block occurred during the world cup when whispers from the player's camp suggested he wanted a move away from the bernabeau.

I understand Di Maria's plight and hope that someway somehow we can hold unto him, in terms of work rate and most importantly creativity on offense, he is very much needed in our line up.

His case is however very different from that of makelele; makelele unlike di maria did not have the support of his coach, because his coach was fired. Makelele was seeking an improved contract from the club and florentino out-rightly said NO. A new player was coming into the team and i think upon or before makelele's exit florentino gave that speech of beckham being able to make 40 yard passes, whereas makelele can only make 5 yard passes, and his 5 yard passes are usually backwards or sideways.

The makelele situation was the club wanting the player out, as a means of cutting costs (hierro, mcmanaman, flavio concecao and makelele were all refused new contracts) as well as creating space on the field;

whereas di maria is a case of the player weighing out his options and wanting a move for fear he hasn't been appreciated as he should have and might get relegated to the bench once again when whispers of a new signing arrives, (kroos, even though i feel kroos isn't his replacement).....this is just my opinion though.

Le Samourai wrote:I don't think saying that we shouldn't sell Di Maria marks any tangible divergence in my opinion of him.

I think, fairly consistently, me, Nick, and whomever else have expressed appreciation of his qualities, while arguing that he was thoroughly miscast on the right. If that's where he's going to play next year, I would sell him right now.

However, in the role on the left, he is too important to sell. He compensates for that sides defensive frailty while offering as much as basically any winger in attack. Even if we were to plug in a Vidal, it's still not ideal. He doesn't offer the width, he doesn't offer the final ball and without those, the simple structural balance we found last year dissipates.

For me, operating from a purely ideal perspective, replacing him with Kroos if fine. Kroos will link well with Benzema, our team will feature more quick interchanges, layoffs, snapshots, all elements of the game more in tune with my aesthetic fancies that the repeated miracle stuff Di Maria tries.

But, at the end of the day, our featured player is Ronaldo, for whom, Di Maria works perfectly. I'll avoid going into the details of that to avoid an pointless argument. I'm sure you agree anyway.

Selling him is like selling Makalele, it's altering a winning formula unneccessarily. Perhaps it won't be compounded with further mistakes, but with this club it's a slippery slope. Carlo could be gone in 6 months if we don't meet expectations, and when you take away his most important player, you run the risk of that.

Di Maria is under contract until 2018. At the end of the day, he's not one to shoot himself in the foot just to spite us. We are never going to be forced to sell him. If we do, at best, it's going to be a financial, which will dissapoint me.