Toni Kroos: “Germany is no longer a country like it was 10 years ago when we left”
Toni Kroosformer Real Madrid player retired from football after Germany’s defeat against Spain at the Euro Cup, he spoke about politics, migration and a possible lack of motivation in society in a talk given to the podcast ‘Lanz & Precht’program from which it is “confessed listener”before the quarterfinal match.
“It’s always difficult for me as a footballer to complain that I don’t have enough time. A normal worker leaves home much earlier in the morning and comes back much later in the evening,” Kroos admitted to David Precht and Markus Lanz.
The 34-year-old German midfielder acknowledged that during his career he was affected by not being able to be with his children on weekends because of matches: “That’s what has worried me about my job for many years.”
Toni Kroos and Saudi Arabia: “If I can’t with what I won in Bayern and Madrid, I probably won’t be able to with the future either”
Toni Kroos revealed that he never considered the option of going to play in Saudi Arabia after leaving Real Madrid, and acknowledged that he had already earned more than enough in his years at Bayern and Real Madrid: “If I can’t with this money, I’ll probably I can’t handle the future either.”
“Now you have the opportunity to earn probably twice as much in one year in Saudi Arabia as in 15 years in the Second Division… That’s fine,” he noted.
Kroos acknowledges that he would feel more comfortable if his daughter went out at 13 in a Spanish city rather than in a German one.
Toni Kroos explained in ‘Lanz & Precht’ that his intention is to stay and live in Spain after hanging up his boots “because Germany is no longer a country like it was 10 years ago when we left”.
The former Real Madrid player explained that in Spain it would be more comfortable for him to let his 14-year-old daughter go out than at 11 at night in a big German city: “If I compare it now with Spain. For example, I have a daughter of 7 years old. When she turns 13, 14, 15, and if someone asked me: “Would you let your daughter go out at 11 at night in Spain when she’s 14 or in a big German city?” for Spain”.
Toni Kroos’s position on migration in Germany: “It is constantly present”
The former soccer player explained that migration in Germany (“is constantly present”), denounced that there is a lack of a “fundamentally positive attitude towards life” and believes that in his country many things have been too “uncontrolled.”
“It is clear that this country welcomes people with open arms. The 2006 World Cup showed it and now the Euro 2024 Championship as well. I think it is sensational and wonderful,” he wanted to make clear.
Kross warns of the danger of “hypersensitivity among people who can no longer face their personal defeats”
Regarding the mismanagement of failure and the problems in processing defeat, Kross analyzed that “if this capacity is lost in society, then a hypersensitivity arises among people who can no longer face their personal defeats.”
“I want my children to try to be the best at what they do,” he noted.
