Schürrles billing with professional football? “Absolutely true,” says Kroos
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Toni Kroos (left) and Andre Schürrle, then playing for VfL Wolfsburg, in the quarter-final duel of the Champions League in 2016
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Andre Schürrle has settled with the football industry for his career. He described it as a merciless business in which everyone had a role to play. Ex-teammate Toni Kroos now confirmed the grievances.
Toni Kroos can understand the criticism of his retired national team colleague André Schürrle about the football industry. Schürrle had declared his career end in the “Spiegel” the previous week. At the same time, he had complained that weakness was not shown and honesty was not desired. The statements “absolutely 100 percent apply to business today,” said Toni Kroos in the latest edition of the podcast “Einfach mal Luppen”, which he runs with his brother Felix.
Schürrle had reported that he had often been lonely, especially when “the depths became deeper and the highlights less and less.” The industry had not allowed it to show feelings. “You always have to play a certain role to survive in the business,” he said: “Otherwise you will lose your job and you won’t get a new one.”
Kroos was world champion in 2014 with the 29-year-old Schürrle in Brazil. “He is really a top character. I loved playing with him and we got on really well, ”said the 30-year-old Real Madrid midfielder. Schürrle was always in a good mood. “Nevertheless, you always had the feeling that he was someone who might not always be full of absolute self-confidence.”
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Kroos agreed with the views of his ex-teammate. “I also believe that there is no longer any absolute ability to criticize today. As soon as someone dances a little out of line and says something critical and speaks openly and honestly, then you are the one who ends up having problems, ”he said. Everyone wanted such guys. “But it is difficult.”
His brother Felix, who is one year younger and whose contract with the Bundesliga club Union Berlin has expired, has a similar view: “If you are honest, you don’t have a long shelf life in the business. Because then you will be perceived as a difficult character. Because it creates problems, and you don’t want that. ”Everyone just looks at themselves. When there is as much money in circulation as in football,“ very few people remain themselves ”.
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