A Name to Remember: Toni Kroos

Toni Kroos is seventeen years old, but only his acne gives away, that he’s still a teenager. His football skills are already on a level, that earn him some playing time in Bayern Munich’s senior squad. He supposedly is Germany’s most promising and talented football wunderkind. An assessment that has been backed by FIFA’s technical study group, or whoever decided to give him the best player award, after this year’s U17 World Cup. And tonight’s UEFA Cup match against Red Star Belgrade should serve as further evidence. Belgrade were leading 2-1, when Toni Kroos entered the pitch for the last ten minutes. Shortly afterwards he delivered a perfectly timed free kick that was headed home by Klose, and during extra time he put another free kick directly in the back of the net - with some help by Belgrade’s goalkeeper.

Uli Hoeneß has been unsurprisingly confident about Toni Kroos’ future. He reserved the prestigious number 10 shirt for him at Bayern and proclaimed that he will play in Germany’s national team soon. Though, it wasn’t Munich’s youth that educated this fine talent. Instead it was his father Roland Kroos, who is a youth coach at Hansa Rostock. Bayern then send a check of €100.000 to Rostock to sign him at the age of sixteen. Quite a bargain. Too bad for Rostock, who will spend all season in the relegation zone and operate under strict economic supervision by the DFL. A multimillion Euro transfer would have been more to their liking I guess.

Category: 1. Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, Hansa Rostock

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, Hansa Rostock, Toni Kroos

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