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Toni Kroos might soon be entering a flower shop to please his mother Brigitte.
The Real Madrid midfielder seemed to feel guilty after he had announced his return to Germany’s national team after an absence of over two years against the explicit opinion and advice of his mother.
“She said I shouldn’t do it; therefore, I guess I need to apologize in some way,” the 34-year-old five-time Champions League winner said.
Kroos added that he felt fine after his initial resignation from the team after Euro 2020 “as I honestly was through with it.”
Now the world-class footballer’s fire seems rekindled.
Criticism saw him leave Bayern Munich in 2014 after Germany’s FIFA World Cup triumph in Brazil. The same doubts accompanied him in his final games in 2021, when he was accused of slowing down Germany’s game.
“It took a while until I was convinced to return; I was out for two and a half years,” the three-time La Liga winner said after officially announcing his return on social media.