Barcelona turned down the opportunity to sign Toni Kroos before the player’s move to Real Madrid became a huge success.
UFABET report, revealed that Pep Guardiola had advised Toni Kroos to move to Barcelona, but the German midfielder chose to stay with Real Madrid ยูฟ่าเบท. During the summer of 2014, he achieved great success and is about to bid farewell to his football career this summer.
Guardiola tried to keep Kroos at the club while he worked as Bayern Munich coach, but the Bayern Munich outfit were unable to meet the player’s demands for a salary that exceeded the club’s salary cap. Eventually, Kroos’s chose to join Real Madrid for €25 million in the summer of 2014, despite Pep’s advice that the player would join Barcelona.
‘I still remember the Kroos case well because I asked Guardiola when he left Bayern and he suggested Barcelona as an option for Kroos when the player thought about it. Left Bayern and he wasn’t sure if he was going to Madrid or Barca,’ Beza said.
However, Barcelona are still not as confident in Kroos’ potential as they should. As a result, the Azulgrana management did nothing about the German midfielder.
‘Barcelona don’t know how to bid. They believe they have enough replacements. There’s even talk of [Sergi] Samper being an option in midfield.’
‘They rejected Kroos, while Guardiola warned him that he was a very interesting player and in this situation he chose Real Madrid because Barca did not know how to approach him.’