The transfer of the German Toni Kroos to the Madrid "Real" team in 2014 is already called a transfer coup.
At that time, the Spaniards paid around 25-30 million euros for one of the best midfielders in the world, and the player who fit perfectly into the royal club helped the team win many trophies.
A close friend of T. Kroos revealed to the press why the footballer decided to leave the "Bayern" club a few years ago.
"I know the whole story very well. The Munich team offered Toni a new contract, but he knew how much Mario Gotze was earning in the team.
Both players were more or less the same age and "Bayern" did not want to pay Kroos more than 10 million euros per season.
The club's CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told him that they would not give him that much money because Toni was not a world-class player.
If you know this midfielder, you understand that it was not about the money. He needed to feel the trust of other people.
Kroos knew he was a very good player, and that was a turning point."
In the seasons spent in the "Real" team, the German has already triumphed twice in the UEFA Champions League, won two UEFA Super Cups, two Club World Cups, the Spanish Super Cup, and the "La Liga" champion title.
Meanwhile, Bayern's performance in the Champions League was not impressive: their best result was reaching the semi-finals of the tournament.
