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Toni Kroos: 'I want to retire at Real Madrid'

By Barney Corkhill, Editor | 13 October 2016

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos reveals that he is planning to retire at the club having penned a new six-year contract extension.

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has revealed that he wants to retire at the club having signed a new long-term contract.

Kroos yesterday put pen to paper on a new six-year deal with Madrid that will keep him at the Bernabeu until 2022.

The 26-year-old is confident of seeing out that deal, and suggested that it could take him through to the end of his career.

"My plan is to retire here. I don't sign contracts on a whim. It's a six-year deal and I'm committed to playing each of those six years here. I'll be 32 when it finishes and it's a great opportunity to finish my career here. I can't see myself playing as a 36-year-old," he told reporters.

"I want to win the league here. It's important to us. At Real Madrid you have to win everything. I've won the Champions League but I want the league. Sometimes we lack consistency and that's perhaps why we haven't won it.

"I'm very happy. Since my first day here I've really felt welcome here. The love from the fans has been very special too. It's also really nice that they value me so much that they announced the deal on a national holiday."

Kroos joined Madrid from Bayern Munich in 2014 and has since gone on to make more than 100 appearances for the club.