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  • 5/23/2024
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00:00 And if the successful story of Toni Kroos with Real Madrid, which is now about to end,
00:07 had never had a beginning? And if the German had signed for Barcelona?
00:13 By power it could have happened. And it is that in 2014, when Bayern decided to put it on the market,
00:19 Barça was interested in its signing. No one doubted that the qualities of the German midfielder
00:25 made him a player who could fit perfectly into the azulgrana system.
00:30 However, at that time, between the fact that the center of the culé field was dominated by Busquets,
00:35 Iniesta and Xavi, and that with an attack formed by Messi, Suárez and Neymar,
00:39 the midfielder needed a reinforcement with more contention than Kroos offered at that time,
00:45 Barcelona ended up signing Ivan Rakitic.
00:50 With the door closed for Barcelona, Toni Kroos ended up signing for Real Madrid.
00:55 A decision that after 10 years and 22 titles, which can be 23 if he wins the Champions League at Wembley,
01:02 could not be, of course, more successful.
01:06 To be continued...
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