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Toni Kroos joins Real Madrid from Bayern Munich for £20m | Toni Kroos joins Real Madrid from Bayern Munich for £20m |
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The German World Cup winner Toni Kroos has joined Real Madrid on a six-year deal for a fee in the region of £20m. | The German World Cup winner Toni Kroos has joined Real Madrid on a six-year deal for a fee in the region of £20m. |
The club he is leaving, Bayern Munich, tweeted: “DONE DEAL: Toni Kroos will make an immediate switch to Real Madrid after the clubs reached an agreement.” | The club he is leaving, Bayern Munich, tweeted: “DONE DEAL: Toni Kroos will make an immediate switch to Real Madrid after the clubs reached an agreement.” |
“We thank Toni Kroos for his time in Munich,” said Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the Bayern chief executive. “We have achieved great success with him here. We wish him and his family all the best in Madrid and with Real.” | |
The 24-year-old, born in the old East Germany and one of the successes of this year’s World Cup finals, will reportedly earn £5.3m a year after tax. | The 24-year-old, born in the old East Germany and one of the successes of this year’s World Cup finals, will reportedly earn £5.3m a year after tax. |
Marca reported that Kroos will wear the No8 shirt for the European champions and will be presented to the Spanish public at 4pm. | |
Rummenigge had confirmed on Tuesday that negotiations had opened with the Champions League winners. Kroos’s contract at Bayern had only a year to run and the player had been unsettled for some time, with Manchester United among his suitors. | |
After Germany’s World Cup victory, Kroos left for a holiday in Mallorca where he met up with his agent and announced his intention to leave for Madrid and finalise his deal. |