Real Madrid: Alvaro Benito admits his ‘disappointment’ with Kroos’ departure and nominates the former Barcelona player: ‘It fits his profile’

Alvaro Benitofootball player real Madrid from 1995 to 2022 recognized in SER network his “short” behind Announcement of Toni Kroos’ departure and put it on the table Name of the player who most reminds you of a German.

“No… There are no pins. I thought about it all day. I came up with a name that didn’t sound like stickers… and I read it could leave Liverpool… Thiago Alcantara“, Alvaro Benito answered the question Manu Carreno about his possible replacement for Toni Kroos.

“I’m not comparing them, but Thiago Alcantara is the profile of a player who organizes the game through passing. And there are fewer and fewer of them. “He’s not your typical central midfielder, he’s more of a midfielder,” he said. current vocalist of the musical group Pignoise in a programme “Spar”.

“You start to think: there are good midfielders, but not like Kroos,” said the 47-year-old former footballer.

“Kroos’ departure is a huge loss for Real Madrid and football”

Alvaro Benito shared that he considers Toni Kroos “a footballer from another era, on the field he is unique with his style. This is the type of player who is a passing specialist, who has the game in his head, the whole map of the game, disappears in his head. Very few have this.

The former footballer believes the departure of Kroos, “one of the smartest footballers I have seen and one of the best midfielders I have seen play football,” is “a huge loss for Real Madrid and for football.”

“Toni Kroos has the ability to change the outcome of an important match, a match of maximum demand against an opponent with the same potential as you, by determining what position he needs to be put in, what pace he should be given, where he can combine passes, where he has to go long. In such situations, he puts the team on his back. He reads well to find opponents’ holes. He changes the pace of the game through passing, his position, the pace. the game, what he does, the team needs,” he analyzed.

Alvaro Benito: “Toni Kroos is too young to retire because he is playing his best football”

Regarding Kroos’ decision to retire at the age of 34, the former Real Madrid player notes that “all footballers who retire tell you the same thing: you need to rush as quickly as possible, because then you have your chance ” I won’t be a football player my whole life. “You are only a footballer for a limited time in your life and Toni Kroos is too young to retire because he is playing his best football.”