Toni Kroos has founded his own football team

An unmistakable hairstyle and a unique style on the pitch, highlighted by wearing the same model of boots (adidas AdiPure) throughout his career with Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and the German national team. Toni Kroos was this and much more: one of the most sublime midfielders to grace a football pitch in the last two decades. The German always gave the impression of being a different kind of player, whose personality was surrounded by a genuine aura of mystery. Perhaps for this reason, when he announced his retirement from football, we reacted differently than usual, trying to imagine what his "Life After Football" would look like. Especially because, from a player who chooses to retire while still at the top of his game, one might expect him to want nothing to do with football for a while. Instead, Kroos simply wanted to leave the playing field to dedicate himself fully to an entrepreneurial path, while still pledging eternal love to the sport that made him internationally relevant. In fact, according to Marca, Toni Kroos is very close to founding his own football club.

The "Toni Kroos" club will be established in Madrid, launched in collaboration with the Madrid Football Federation (the governing body for football in the Community of Madrid) and the Las Encinas de Boadilla club. The former number 8 of the Merengues reportedly met with several federation officials, such as its president Paco Díez, general secretary José Gallardo, vice president Guillermo Laborda, and coaching director Miguel Ángel Serrano Niño, to lay the foundation for this project. Las Encinas de Boadilla, which will support Kroos's project, is a multi-sport club founded in 1971 and located in Boadilla del Monte. It boasts facilities for golf, football, canoeing, tennis, hockey, and many other sports and activities. The two parties had already reached an agreement at the end of May, inaugurating the Toni Kroos Academy. The Club Las Encinas de Boadilla has thus already integrated the Toni Kroos Academy into its sports offerings this month and is preparing to take a decisive step that would further highlight the role of the former footballer, who was positively impressed by the efficiency and quality offered by the Las Encinas de Boadilla training center.

Toni Kroos quickly shared his thoughts: “I will personally dedicate myself to what I have been working on for a long time and what I am most passionate about: training children through football. My goal is to maximize the development of our players by applying my philosophy on the field and reflecting my values. In an idyllic environment, with top-level facilities and with the collaboration of my coaches, we will work daily with our teams on my methodology and experience great moments within the academy.” Toni Kroos’s new venture is now about to take off and could serve as a model for footballers who dream of a 2.0 career in the football world. All that's left is to see how his new club will present itself aesthetically, what supplier it will choose to partner with, assuming he doesn’t decide to launch a sportswear brand of his own; in short, a unique package bearing the name of one of the greatest midfielders in football history.