Real Madrid have someone to coach and try to recruit to update midfield genius Toni Kroos, according to AS, citing anonymous sources.
Despite still being in very good shape and having had what many believed was his season in Madrid colors since his departure from Bayern Munich in 2014, Kroos announced against the champions of the 2023 Champions League final /2024 who would hang up his crampons. after the euro.
Fortunately, Kroos was able to do so as a three-time winner given Carlo Ancelotti leading his men to La Liga glory and the Spanish Super Cup, while Kroos’ compatriots Borussia Dortmund were also beaten in a UCL final at Wembley.
Ancelotti has a host of talented midfielders at his disposal, but none of his stars in that field domain are close enough to Kroos, which has become evident in the first part of the current 2024/2025 campaign.
Although things have moved on since then, club legend Jorge Valdano is one of the most vocal on the issue following the 2-1 loss to AC Milan on the continent.
“The departure of Toni Kroos was underestimated, and it is in midfield where Real Madrid do not find the balance,” Valdano remarked on Spanish television.
“Kroos’ presence was healing. He gave the team patience when they needed it and mental quickness when it was necessary to accelerate.
“There are many things that Real Madrid have lost without Kroos and they are not able to compensate for it even with some of the best players in the world,” Valdano added.
Although Madrid does not move the January change window, the winner of Euro 2024, who replaced the match in the final against Jude Bellingham’s England, replacing Rodri, winner of the Ballon d’Or, considers the Spanish foreigner Martín Zubimendi as a “natural replacement. ” for Kroos”, according to AS.
To make his capture straightforward, Madrid simply has to activate Zubimendi’s $63 million (€60 million) release clause at Real Sociedad, which was agreed when the 25-year-old renovated his contract until mid-2027.
Zubimendi’s arrival would also be a blow for FC Barcelona, Los Blancos’ bitter rivals, who could not have the budget to release the center when the now fired Xavi Hernandez saw him as the ideal successor to Sergio Busquets in the summer of 2023.
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