The weather in Munich at the end of January was cold. At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the night began to fill the air. At a temperature of minus 12 degrees, the wind was very strong, and the wind felt a bit stinging on the face.
Li Ang was wearing a slim leather jacket with a windbreaker on top, but he still felt very cold. He came to Germany from warm Italy and felt the coldness of winter.
The two arrived at the hotel first, and then Massimiliano Mirabelli called Toni Kroos's father, Roland Kroos, and learned that the Kroos family and his agent were already waiting at home.
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Soon, Leon and Mirabelli appeared in the living room of the Cross family, sitting on the sofa. Opposite them were Ronald Cross (Tony Cross's father) and Birhit (Tony Cross).
Kroos's mother), Volker Struth (Toni Kroos's agent), and then on both sides are two young Kroos, today's client Toni Kroos, and his brother Felix Kroos.
Ross, the younger brother is not yet 17 years old this year, and like his elder brother, he is also a football player.
Parents, brothers, agents, and the whole family came out. Li Ang smiled and nodded. This scene was very grand. He could feel the importance that Tony Cross' family attached to today's meeting.
On January 4, 1990, Toni Kroos was born in Greifswald, a city on the Baltic Sea coast in East Germany. Although the two Germanys were only truly reunified in October of that year, the Berlin Wall had already been torn down when Toni Kroos was born.
In terms of origin, the biggest difference between young Toni Kroos and his national team teammates may be that others may have been born in the lush West Germany (Federal Germany), even if they were born in the former East Germany (GDR)
) region are also in some big cities such as Berlin, and have basically transitioned to the Federal Republic of Germany. Unlike Toni Kroos, they have experienced a period of socialist life after landing in the country - so Toni Kroos
Ross is a true East German.
Not every genius can break into a brilliant career casually, and the family atmosphere is particularly important. Cross was born in a sports family: Toni Cross grew up in a sports family, and his father Roland Cross was
Toni Kroos Jr. is the youth training coach of the Greifswald club where he was born. His mother Birchter was the former East German badminton national champion. Kroos also has a younger brother Felix Kroos who is one year younger.
Young football player.
In 2002, when his father became the coach of the Rostock C youth team, the Kroos brothers followed their father to join the "big club" Rostock in July 2002. The senior Kroos, who coached the Rostock C team at the time, was of great help to Toni Kroos.
Lay a solid foundation for his career. In the 2004-2005 season of the German Under-17 Youth Football Championship, Kroos helped Rostock win the runner-up. His performance during the season attracted the attention of Bayern Munich scouts. Kroos did not even play for Rostock.
A team from the former East Germany played an adult team game, and in the summer of 2006 signed an amateur contract with Bayern until 2011.
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The Cross family expressed a warm welcome to Leon's arrival.
Li Ang was also invited to taste Munich bratwurst.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Li Ang went straight to the point.
"Well, delicious little sausages, but let's talk about business first." Li Ang said with a smile, "I believe everyone has already known our intention in the previous phone communication. As for sincerity, there will be a game with Juventus tomorrow.
The fact that I can be here now is the greatest sincerity." As he said that, Li Ang winked at the two Kroos brothers.
Everyone smiled and nodded. Li Ang was right. He came here in person during the busy game break. This is the greatest sincerity.
Li Ang has lived in Europe for a long time and is used to this kind of attitude towards people and things. He has to be so direct when speaking and be so cool. He is a world-class coach. For an eighteen-year-old kid, he can spare time
Coming here is the greatest sincerity to Tony Cross and his family. It can even be said that the Cross family is a little flattered.
"Sincerity is the basis of good communication, and then there are some more realistic issues." Li Ang nodded, "Tony is a good guy. I admire him very much and invite him to play in my team. This is what I am doing here.
Purpose, do you have any thoughts or concerns about this, so we want to hear your opinions, Mr. Cross." Leon said to Ronald Cross, Tony Cross's father.
Before Ronald Cross could speak, his wife, Tony Cross' mother Birhit, spoke first: "Tony has never left the family at this age, and Italy is a foreign country..."
"I have grown up, Mom!" Toni Kroos said immediately, his tone a little eager. I don't know if it was because he was eager to play for Inter Milan, or because his mother's words would make others misunderstand that he was a child who had not grown up.
And make him anxious.
"Ten years from now, you will still be a child in your mother's eyes," Birhit said.
"Mom..." Tony Cross was anxious.
"Tony is already eighteen years old and he is a man." Ronald Cross, who had not spoken a word, suddenly said.
Well, in this family, his father has extremely strong authority and prestige. After he said these words, Birhit no longer struggled with the issue of Toni Kroos being too young.
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"Actually, you don't have to worry about Tony's life abroad." Li Ang said with a smile, "Luka Modric was only eighteen years old when he came to my team from Croatia, and Aguero came to my team from Argentina.
When he came to Milan, he was only seventeen years old. Karim Benzema was also seventeen when he came to Gijon from France to play football. They were all younger than Tony, and Ivan, um, Bra
Nislav Ivanovich is a bit older, he’s twenty years old, Frank Ribeiro? This kid is a bit older, he’s twenty-one years old.”
Hearing what Li Ang said about Ribeiro, the two little Crosses laughed.
"You see, I am very experienced! Tony is eighteen years old, which is just right." Li Ang joked.
Toni Kroos's parents and agent Walter Struth also showed knowing smiles. Ronald Kroos thought of Leon's magical legend of being good at cultivating young people. He was very excited about his son being under such a legendary head coach.
He is looking forward to the future of playing football, and Birchter is a lot relieved. As Li Ang said, he is very experienced in "taking care of children". As for the reason why agent Walter Struter is happy, it is because of Li Angti.
The names of the players mentioned, whether it is Modric or Ivanovic, or Benzema, Aguero and Ribery, are all players trained by Li Ang. Now they are all well-known stars, and some players can even
He is considered one of the top stars, which makes the agent look forward to it. He looks forward to the day when Toni Kroos, who belongs to his team, will also become famous. Leon is a top international coach and is especially good at cultivating young people. This is why Walter
As soon as Struth heard that Li Ang was interested in Toni Kroos, he took the initiative to contact Inter Milan and showed a positive attitude. The reason: this opportunity is too good to miss! No one can be sure about Toni Kroos now.
What is your future success? In this case, playing in the hands of a top-notch coach who is also good at cultivating young people will obviously lead to a higher success rate!
"But, Bayern Munich also likes Toni very much." Ronald Kroos thought for a while and said.
"Bayern Munich may indeed value Tony, but as we all know, Bayern has two models for cultivating stars: one is Bastian Schweinsteiger, and the other is Lahm. These two player development models, I believe Mr. Kroos
It must be very clear. I believe that maybe Bayern Munich is already discussing with you about loaning Toni out," said Li Ang.
Ronald Kroos nodded. He naturally knew it. Similar to Bastian Schweinsteiger, he stayed in the team from beginning to end and worked hard to cultivate him. In addition, just like Lahm, he sub-leased to other teams after discovering his talent.
Training - Kroos belongs to the latter. And Li Ang is right, Bayern Munich is looking to sign a professional contract with Toni Kroos. After signing the contract, they plan to transfer Toni Kroos in this winter transfer market.
Rent it out, and even planned to rent it out for two years from the beginning!
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In order to reassure Ronald Kroos, Bayern Munich's head of youth training even used Lahm's success story to reassure him.
Today, the 24-year-old Lahm has become an indispensable member of the Bayern Munich team. Looking back on Lahm's growth experience, people will find the extraordinary journey of this little player, which also makes Lahm even more legendary.
Philipp Lahm was playing in a youth team when he received a call from Bayern Munich. Former Bayern youth team coach Jan Paynta (Jaa) found Lahm and asked him if he would like to come to Bayern.
But surprisingly, Lahm rejected this invitation, which is a dream for any young player. Rather than going to Bayern, he wanted to continue playing with his friends in his hometown team FT Gaien. (Gain
Well, it’s near Munich)
But the next temptation is irresistible for a twelve-year-old child: they allow Lahm to be a ball boy when the first team plays! This way Lahm can get close contact with Bayern Munich's big stars. This is
Any kid who loves football can't refuse it.
So Lahm changed his mind and chose to join the Bayern Munich youth team.
Philipp Lahm has spent time in Bayern Munich's youth teams at any level and has been a main player in all age groups. After entering the youth team, Lahm began to win trophies one after another. In 2001, he and his teammate Hull
Wagen, Feulner, and Misimovich won the German Youth League championship together, and successfully defended the title in 2002. At this time, his teammates included Oter, Schweinsteiger and Trochowski
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Lahm's patience and his good mentality as a professional player allowed him to easily stay calm and wait for the opportunity to appear as a first-team player. Finally, on November 13, 2002, in the Champions League match between Bayern and Lens, the coach
Heathfield replaced him and the result of the game was 3 to 3. The little guy performed well!
However, it was difficult for Lahm to get any playing opportunities in the first team of Bayern Munich, which was full of big names. The club managers wanted to push talented players out, so when Stuttgart made the request, they agreed to sign a two-year loan contract. This
It is a new stage in Lahm's career. In Stuttgart, Lahm not only received a professional contract for the first time, but his position on the field also changed - he no longer played right back or defensive midfielder, but became a
Left back.
In his first Bundesliga season in Stuttgart, Lahm made 31 appearances. His success in his new position caught the attention of national team coach Voller, and Lahm was quickly recruited into the national team. First national team game
, Voller arranged for him to play the whole game, and Lahm became famous in the game when the German team defeated Croatia 2-1.
Subsequently, Lahm got the opportunity to return to Bayern Munich due to his outstanding performance on loan in Stuttgart.
Although Lahm only played 20 games in the 2005/200 season, it was enough for Bayern fans to elect him as Bayern's 2006 Player of the Year. Of course, a large part of the reason for this was his outstanding performance in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Performance - Lahm scored the first goal of this World Cup, a very beautiful goal.
His special short stature did not stop Lahm's progress. He was nominated for the best team in the 2006 World Cup. Now whether he is in Bayern Munich or the German national team, Lahm is an indispensable member of the team.
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Lahm's success has also become a benchmark for Bayern Munich's promotion. When every young player is loaned out, they will now use Lahm's successful counterattack case to inspire these young people.
However, as a football insider, Toni Kroos's father, Ronald Kroos, is more aware of the cruelty of competition in football.
It is precisely because Bayern Munich plans to loan Toni Kroos out immediately after signing a professional contract for two years, which makes Ronald Kroos and his agent Walter Strutter a little worried.
Worried.
Although there are precedents such as Lahm who was loaned out by Bayern Munich, then took it back, established a foothold in Bayern Munich and grew into a top star, but after all, these are very few successful cases, and more players are directly sent out.
, in the end, he still did not return to Bayern Munich. He played for mid-to-lower teams throughout his career, or even disappeared, and could only play in low-level leagues.
Young players are constantly being sublet out, and many young players get lost little by little in the process of constant sublease. They need to constantly adapt to the characteristics of each new team they join on loan, as well as new teammates, and then in
In such an incomprehensible adaptation process, the attributes of genius are eventually lost.
Therefore, Ronald Cross understands the importance of a stable environment for his son's growth.
And when this stable environment can be combined with Li Ang, a world-class coach who is known for cultivating young people, it will be even more perfect.
In a sense, Ronald Cross's family agreed to Leon's arrival, and the whole family came out to welcome him in such a grand manner. This in itself shows an attitude. Leon is very close to winning Toni Cross.
