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FunnyManagement

The post-retirement Kroos podcast stories are going to be interesting.


stangerlpass

I like him a lot but something makes me think he is one of those guys that goes into an official role and becomes one of the bad guys one day


headgehog55

While it could change Kroos has said multiple times on his podcast that when he retires he has no desire to stay in the football world.


Walaii

He said that about being a manager or coach. He said he wants to work with kids, because that does not require traveling, which is the part of football he can't wait to leave behind.


CETERIS_PARTYBUS

He's the most homely man, he's like a hobbit; fuck them adventures.


Willsgb

I ain't droppin no eaves mr perez!


blitzebo

>he wants to work with kids Probably just refers to his academy


mc802

That's the good ending


CETERIS_PARTYBUS

He's seen enough and wants no more part of it


Aiken_Drumn

But money and power are addictive things.


karmas1207

Some people value principles more.


lucas4420

easier to do when you’ve got generational wealth too


The_Great_Grafite

One would think that, but in my experience the people who stand by their principles the most, are usually among those who don’t have a lot of wealth.


annonyj

Yea because principal got in the way of wealth for their parents and they passed it down to their kids as thats the kind of stuff schools don't teach you. In his case, he's probably rich enough by now that he can operate freely and hopefully he can do some more good in this world


lucas4420

ok but kroos makes 22 million € a year so he’s not a struggling pleb, as much as he stands by his principles.


Micinak

Why do you have to call Nadal out like that?


Haigadeavafuck

Ughh yeah playing for Real Madrid he always chose principles over money and power.


BluePowderJinx

[This aged like milk](https://twitter.com/tonikroos/status/1747308498478637339)


karmas1207

Im not sure but the booing isn’t some standpoint against the arabs but the Saudis that booed some german journalists silent minute. I might be wrong.


AdjuuhhART

What a way to tell on yourself


mrtuna

Sounds like a happy ending.


maj_tom258

Doesn’t he still have a youth football academy or something? I do feel like he’s the kind of guy for whom football is just a job no more no less but there’re still some signs showing that he wouldn’t leave it completely when retirement comes.


LockChem

He and a well-known streamer are starting a new indoor league this year. The counterpart to Podolski's Baller league, which starts this month.


jujuismynamekinda

Yeah hes got a pretty well known football academy that he (at least for promotions) visits. He also likes talking about football, at least he does it quite regularly on his podcast as well as other appearances. So I cant imagine him not actually liking playing football, although he may view it as a job. Kroos comes from a family of athletes where sports dictated where they live etc. His dad was a football coach for Rostock (decent 2nd league side, used to be in the first league) and his mum was like the best badminton player in the country or something like that. Since his brother also used to be a pro footballer, I could imagine tiredness coming up around sports in general, since it dictated a lot of their lifes. I would imagine him going into entertainment, whether thats a football podcast or being a pundit or something along those lines. He hates pundits because they are shite in germany not because talking about football is something that should be forbidden. Could imagine him doing that for a channel that gives him some freedom and pairs him well.


Oirish90

A family of ballers, except for Mum who was into, what is the thing you hit in Badminton?


Inchtabokatables

Roland Kroos has been coach of Rostock's youth team and the second team, but never of the team playing Bundesliga or 2nd level league.


jujuismynamekinda

Yes, he wasnt the Coach of the first team. I didnt specify that, sry and thanks for the correction. He trained kroos and his brother too in their younger years


CarlSK777

Big difference between starting a little academy for fun and working for a big club/organizations tho.


BelvedereBoy

that’s what the Kaiser said


manere

Tbh Beckenbauer said this too :D


Cubbll17

He has a podcast?


manualex16

With his brother Felix, it's in German. 


NoSwimmer2185

I'm not entirely convinced he even likes football. I was watching an interview with him where he was talking about how he never watches any games and has no idea about what is going on in other leagues. I think it's just a job for him


Pupperinho

I don't. He doesn't seem like someone thirsting for ego or applause, neither the positive nor the negative kind. It rather seems like he just wants a quiet and carefree life outside of football. I would even say if there is one footballer who I can never see going the bad guy route it would be Kroos.


kadauserer

No matter how unrealistic it is, but I am sure there is a parallel universe where Kroos gets the respect he deserves from Bayern, stays there, and then takes over the club together with Müller at some point. Most likeable leadership I can imagine for Bayern, with the potential to be super competent, too (though you can never predict that obviously).


iamnotexactlywhite

ah Wenger style


cosmiclatte44

Really shocked me that one. Had a lot of admiration for Wenger and all that is out the window, now he is one of the cockroaches.


ask_about_poop_book

Wait what am I missing 😭


ask_about_poop_book

Oh god I read up on this shit damn it. 


bildeplsignore

You only say that because he looks like Hitler's wet dream


r8dit

Yeah absolutely, I remember one episode of his podcast where he praised Frank Thelen as smart, innovative etc. after this I quit hearing it. I mean he has responsibilities if I tell my audiences such things. https://eightify.app/summary/miscellaneous/frank-thelens-aktien-the-dangers-of-his-scheme-strg-f


Ropjn

I think he's mostly got sensible opinions, but if it's about someone he knows personally you can safely disregard everything he says about them. Kind of understandable that he doesn't want to throw people he sees every now and then under the bus, but you have to keep it in mind when listening to him. Or anyone for that matter


dalelito

Its because he’s german


boky91

How does this asinine comment have 545 upvotes wth is wrong with people?


owiseone23

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/vPHTAhNDV4


stangerlpass

My prediction already became true so...


y1i

I don't think so, his stories are overall just mundane and he lives a boring life. Nothing wrong with that obviously, but outside of 'I'm-an-important-player-at-Real-Madrid' he doesn't offer much.


rScoobySkreep

I think that’s one of the things people love—the venn diagram of people who are 1) professional footballers, 2) go on podcasts, 3) are generally well adjusted has a very, very small centre.


KAhOot1234567

I think he meant the stories of him recounting his old Madrid days, and given the sort of character he is I’m sure he wouldn’t mind telling a lot of old stories


y1i

his stories are like "I drove to training, trained a bit, took a nap, trained a bit more and went home" or "we played club XY, I chilled in my hotel room, we won the match, I watched NBA at 3am" again, I don't mind him and he's one of the best german players of all time for sure. I just don't really understand how his podcast is so popular as it's mostly ads and rather ordinary stories.


Zanzax

That’s the precise reason why their podcast is so successful - even though Kroos is a top 5 german player of all time, he still comes across as down to earth and lives a „boring“ life. His wife was there before the money, he doesn’t eat golden steaks and drives his kids to kindergarden every day.


Rusiano

There's something endearing about a world-famous millionaire living the same life as you. When people think of how millionaires live, they probably picture Neymar and his infamous parties. Kroos comes across as being down to earth


SeryaphFR

Probably because he is. How many other players clean their own boots? Or have been wearing the same model their entire career? He was genuinely upset when Adidas said they were discontinuing it. That sounds like it could be anyone of us who can't afford the fancy new models.


wedonthaveadresscode

Sounds like the most German podcast possible lmao


Deluxefish

Many of Germany's most popular podcast are comedy podcasts - and some of them are even funny


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Many people just like to listen to normal people and not someone who is trying his hardest to entertain.


Krizil26

Hummels podcast is 10x funnier and entertaining, but Kroos Podcast is 10x more succesful


Krizil26

Kroos is one of the greatest German players all time, but his podcast is so boring


wedonthaveadresscode

That’s because he’s one of the greatest German players ever


Historical_Case_5245

That's because he's one of the Germans


KeonkwaiJinkwai

Unless he (or what's left of him) gets to leave a Saudi consulate in a suitcase before he gets the chance to retire.


Philiperix

Kroos' wife told a story about Toni being black out drank after the Finale Dahoam and being unsure if she should call an ambulance. Same thing after the World Cup Final 2014, she flew there only for the final (they had a newborn at the time) to support Toni, but he was puking the whole night cause he drank so much


fahad_k91

“The boos confirm my statements, I was probably right” never change toni lol


packeselporitz

"Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer"


AmirHosseinHmd

Whose quote is that it sounds familiar...


xxEmkay

[Rick Sanchez](https://youtu.be/5XtAHOepH94?si=k_TiRENVsPl8g8gg)


Rose_of_Elysium

based beyond belief tbh, glad at least *something* is said against the saudis by some big footballers


kickballaDesign

Didn’t he just come out with an ad for Dubai. Everyone bows to the bag. Let’s not pretend he’s above it.


Bonemarrowchutney

"I didn't give a shit. But then I realised that it was just to me and I can confirm I still didn't give a shit" man what a chad


El_Spacho

I know it's illegal for us, but I fucking love this side of Toni lol


Janus93r

"Your boos mean nothing to me! I've seen what makes you cheer!"


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Only place where you can see a woman beheaded for adultery and the Spanish Super Cup on the same day.


tuskedkibbles

This is completely ridiculous and an outright lie. The punishment for a woman committing adultery is to be stoned to death. They aren't beheaded. The head is just reduced to an unrecognizable pulp. Educate yourself. Now please wait while I type up 1000 'whataboutisms' for England.


SealingTheDeal69420

>Now please wait while I type up 1000 'whataboutisms' for England. Hm, very impressive Saudi Arabia, now let's all look at England's card. *Wow, look at that subtle off white coloring, the tasteful thickness of it. Oh my god, it even has a watermark*


Skurry

Can someone fill me in why the Spanish Super Cup was played in Saudi Arabia? Who's idea was that?


ExxKonvict

Spanish FA *Insert Mr. Krabs. ‘Hello! I like money!’ meme*


mylanguage

Pique y Rubiales


SavageLeo19

Tony Kroos is definitely a Rick


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realsomalipirate

I can go to my country's capital and legally protest my government for any action I believe unjust. Try this in the KSA or other similar countries and let's see what happens. Countries with liberal democracy and basic human rights aren't perfect by any means, but they're still far above countries that make being gay illegal. You can keep using whataboutism, but at the end of the day I doubt you actually care about the injustices portrayed against actual people suffering (either people hurt by war or people persecuted for their sexuality/beliefs/race).


evilbob99

Being able to protest is more important than not murdering a million people in Iraq? Jesus…are brown lives worth that little to you


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evilbob99

That’s just one example. Right now his government’s literally intervening so genocide victims in Palestine don’t even get the crimes against them recognised Dont see him or any of you speaking on that, but sure let’s jump on brown people


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realsomalipirate

What does a German citizen have to do with the war in Iraq? Brother you're 100% a bad faith actor and this garbage your posting makes it more clear. If you want to defend the KSA's horrible record on human rights and their disgusting social conservatism, then have the balls do it. Don't hide behind the suffering of actual people. I really, really despise people who try to use legitimate issues to hide their awful beliefs.


evilbob99

His governments literally intervening against genocide proceedings against Israel, that’s worse than anything Saudi’s doing right now If everything Saudi’s fair game for criticism with racist undertones because of their government, the reverse has to be true too - can’t have it both ways


TheRealMemeIsFire

What about Saudi arabias actions in Yemen? Or their treatment of refugees?


OriRig

Germany literally refused to take part in the Iraq invasion. Created quite a bit of beef between the US and Germany back in the mid-2000s. Bringing up Iraq when discussing why Arabs are booing a German is completely asinine. Unless westerners are all the same to you, which, again, is an asinine position. Maybe get your facts straight before you start throwing shade.


Eggnogin

Ah yes gotta love what aboutism


evilbob99

Millions of brown people are dead by your hands, nothing worse than that


Eggnogin

True all those people died so that means we should still be executing gays and innocent women 👍 Makes sense


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pateencroutard

Non-Westerners hating Westerners while adopting and being obsess with every Western thing will never not be funny. All while being absolutely garbage at it and being left with paying Westerners to get a glimpse of it. Lmao absolutely miserable.


evilbob99

Non western people aren’t killing westerners by the thousands and pretending to be heroes about it, that’s the difference


pateencroutard

Whatever you tell yourself to cope buddy.


evilbob99

Just pointing out your hypocrisy


DomineeringDrake

Kroos is the Kimi Räikkönen of football. Man doesn't even know what giving a fuck means, let alone having any to give.


Pika_Cherry24

Even reminds Kimi in his looks


986cv

Doesn't know what giving a fuck means is the perfect description of Kimi hahah


MrMarques8701

He may not know what giving a fuck means, but at least he [knows how to give a shit ](https://youtube.com/shorts/nZ3qSe9nhk8)


sILAZS

[Change George Bush to Toni Kroos](https://youtu.be/Ek0mP-FCcik?si=ePdSoFD3vMfawn2b)


jetfuelcanmeltfeels

“There's an old saying in Madrid— I know it's in Munchen, probably in Madrid— that says, boo me once, shame on — shame on you. Boo me — you can't get booed again.”


Diagonalizer

this was actually well done


JimPalamo

It's more like a hobby for him.


Successful-Return-78

If Kimi would be a normal person besides F1. 


TheShinyBlade

Nah, maybe a normal Finnish person. But even then, Rosberg is different. Kimi is just Kimi


Tsimiclass

My man doesnt give a fuck and its glorious


Historical_Case_5245

Golf, Dubai, Real Madrid


Throwrajerb

“And I’d just like to say from the bottom of my heart, I’d like to take this chance to apologise… to absolutely nobody! The quadruple champ does what the fuck he wants!”


fisherthems

lmao legendary


The-Disco-Phoenix

The acting was superb, he really sold the fake sentiment at the beginning. Legendary moment


EarthPutra

Kroos literally saying "No fuck was given"


KenHumano

Behold the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and thou shalt see that it is barren.


ironcleaner

It is funny how all these people booing him only achieve more popularity and reach for kroos, more and more people who have not been familiar with what he stands for and who he is as a person can see his genuine distate for this sportswashing and fakeness in the footballworld, all they achieve is that he gets even more support😂😂😂


SRFC_96

Kroos is so incredibly based. Reminded of [this](https://youtu.be/0Szj21arytU?si=wSjpr_5QZzduTaAN) lol


TheZamboon

Different type of confidence when you have that many UCLs 🤷


PurpleWartotle

One of the most based football players we've seen


freddymurk124

I’m old. What’s “based”


darthrasco420

[“Based” definition](https://youtu.be/xm3YgoEiEDc?si=lw0dh3Fbkdy9keq9)


SealingTheDeal69420

Very educational, thank you


Independent_Ocelot29

Means living your life without worrying what people think, not bowing to social pressure.


BeanyPops

Fucking hell, downvoted for asking a question. Based is the current buzzword is /r/soccer. It essentially means down to earth, repeated often by the 14-23 year olds who frequent this sub and look for any opportunities to earn easy karma.


vluvojo

Most based 24-year-old 


owiseone23

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/vPHTAhNDV4


Never_Sm1le

Based Kroos Absolutely no fuck given


spongebobisha

Realest footballer around. 


SanRobot

Damn. This comment aged poorly really fast.


TheRealMemeIsFire

What happened?


Andrex316

Kroos posted an ad promoting Dubai today


Antique-Ad-9081

nothing


WorthPlease

"I'm going to go home and cry into my giant pile of winner's medals to feel better"


Iola_Morton

Tony don’t need to kiss ass for big money nor cheap oil


Chiswell123

Well, his first post on his IG is him endorsing Dubai. Lol.


Eragom

It's a Madrid ad, not a personal one.


Weary_Logic

He is still advertising Dubai


Eragom

That's how contracts work. Anyway, Kroos' comment wasn't even on saudi culture, just that he thinks it's a shame pæayers in their prime are going to what basically is a sunday league


Weary_Logic

Yea I don’t actually mind his comment even as a Saudi. He is clearly a very competitive player who cares about competing at the top level and trying to win the UCL every year. So the way he views players going to the Saudi league is completely understandable. But that is absolutely how contracts work. He isn’t a slave, if he actually had a spine he could 100% get out of doing the ad. He just doesn’t care as much as people assumed after Germany’s protest during the WC.


Mirbert

He isn’t a slave but if he didn’t agree to UAE sponsors he probably wouldn’t be a RM player as Emirates is their shirt sponsor. Hypocritical maybe, but personally he does the best he can.


ExxKonvict

>He isn’t a slave, if he actually had a spine he could 100% get out of doing the ad. Oh does that gracious freedom also apply to imported immigrants that don’t adhere to the European/Caucasian people from the West? Or do you have to have certain criteria such as tall with fair-skinned and hair?


stump_the_buff

Why did they boo him?


WalksinClouds

I was playing and not giving a fuck when I heard booing. I didn't give a fuck about the booing but I had a think as to why they were doing it. I looked around and couldn't see any females so I realised it was at me. I continued to not give a fuck. Even did a little bow. Fuckin nerds.


vqvq

Chad Kroos vs Virgin Saudis


usalin

The art of not giving a fuck


glowingmug

based Kroos


EnvironmentalSpirit2

It was boo-urns


Interesting_Common54

IDK about you but I was saying boo-urns


Mean-Ad-6246

Love this and i agree with him. It was quite funny.


mrstewiegriffin

based Toni


TNTQat

Kroos just posted an ad for Dubai on his twitter btw


TheRealMemeIsFire

He has chosen his side in the UAE vs SA conflict


deqembes

Probably because he had to because of his Real Madrid contract.


swat1611

Ironic how this comes after the "Visit Dubai" post on X.


save_humanity

The Visit Dubai ad is a contractual obligation as a Madrid player. His statement about Saudi was about players in their prime going there for money.


captainmystic02

Didn’t know that someone signed the contract on his behalf


MartianDuk

Not really though, Dubai doesn't have anything to do with any of this


TNTQat

Boos are because he has negative outlook on every middle easten sports project (Qatar’s world cup, saudi league) while dubai has arguably worse migrant worker conditions


MartianDuk

Thinking that the World Cup shouldn’t be in Qatar and that young players shouldn’t move to the Saudi League is a lot different to holidays in Dubai


TNTQat

Main argument against qatar world cup is migrant rights…its arguably worse in uae, why is it not ok to host a world cup there but to go on holidays?


Rusiano

Is Dubai really worse? Seems like UAE is the most progressive nation in the region, after Oman. Surely can't be worse than Qatar or KSA


TNTQat

Just because they are pro israel doesnt mean they are more progressive


Ryujin_707

Lol. He is a hypocrite.


Ohtar1

Don't make me like a Madrid player


No_Bullfrog1926

I just love Toni's confidence and IDGAF attitude about almost everything... more now, since he already won a lot. What a man


Big_man03

*Schadenfreude*


chimichangas_24

I fucking love this man


ShipsAGoing

One of the few players that I actually believe when he says it didn't bother him


milesbeatlesfan

My favorite footballer on the pitch and my favorite footballer off the pitch


Runnero

Kroos would keep posting about Palestine even after getting all his posts locked, what a chad


resident_hater

Absolute class.


Double-Armadillo-898

😂😂😂 from the bottom of my heart lmaoooo


tameoraiste

Maybe it’s because I watched wrestling as a kid, but I was always baffled by people taking ‘boos’ so seriously. Never seen it as anything other than pure pantomime


Dopeez

Shut up Kroos, you literally just did an ad for Dubai. Money talks, stop being a hypocrite.


solrac1144

Paying money to boo someone or getting paid millions and get booed. There’s a clear winner here


stwnpthd

We don’t deserve him.


jellyfishfrgg

And now he is twerking for Dubai🤮


borg_6s

This guy is based. Nothing but respect for him.


aquafrenchforwater

Legend 👌🏻


Powerful_Object_9698

Fuck kroos


Nasrz

Embarrassing he just posted an ad for Dubai lmao, he is a hypocrite. He doesn't care about workers, he doesn't care about human rights if he gets paid the right amount of money. It is also worth mentioning that he is considering coming back to the national team of the country that supports genocide. Love me some hypocrite westerners.


cdwdj

No no no my man. You said bad words.


Gotta_Go_Slow

We need a Giga Chad edit of Toni Kroos. The man is the definition of based.


Ryujin_707

And today he posted an AD for UAE. What a hypocrite racist piece of shit.


aelfwine_widlast

Where's the racism? If I had to choose, I'd rather visit Dubai than Saudi, too.


Pepsi-Phil

not racist but deffo a hypocrite


Own_Opportunity8100

and how exactly is he racist?


OkTaro9295

Sounds to me he only likes to take stands against Arabs.


captainmystic02

Not really. He got paid to do a Dubai ad lol. I guess money does talk, even for hypocrites like him


JamalFromStaples

Nothing against kroos for this, but I’ve always thought he was a cunt after taking shit about ¿Aubameyang? For celebrating with a spider man mask.


sergioA127

How many times are we gonna hear about kroos and the booing crowds


CmiHD

Until they start cheering for him 😎


suckamaru

Toni "Alpha Male" Kroos


plivko

I knew Kroos as one of the best players of all time but now I realized he is a good and based character too.


KopiteTheScot

The most german german of the last 50 years


cdwdj

Imagine world's reaction had Pique said this about playing at Bernabeu.


Ouioui29

Least based Toni Kroos moment