Hoeness taunts Kroos: He's got no place in today's football

Posted Monday, July 12, 2021 by Marca.com

Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness has given his analysis of Germany's performance in the European Championship this summer, and has hit out at Toni Kroos.

Hoeness gave his opinion on Kroos' playing style, claiming that he was out of tune with modern football.

"I like Kroos a lot, he put in some world class performances and was great at Bayern, but his style of play is outdated," Hoeness said.

"It should be said that Kroos doesn't fit in in the modern game with his horizontal passes.

"The game is now played vertically. Players take the ball and carry it forward with speed.

"And then there's that awful football against England. We were down 1-0 in the last quarter of an hour and Kroos stopped going past the hallway line.

"His way of playing is completely finished. He played sideways, played sideways again, and then the opponent's defence were able to get organised."

Hoeness believes Kroos shouldn't have been in the side at Euro 2020.

"The first two games were pretty decent with the four behind. Then in the third game we started unnecessarily with three. Why? Low wanted to include Kroos. Toni Kroos has no place in today's football," he added.

"If we had played with a defence of four and with Goretzka, Kimmich and Muller plus Sane, Gnabry and Havertz we would now be in a different position. Germany played terrible football."

Toni Kroos hit back at Hoeness with an ironic reply on Twitter.

"Uli Hoeness is a man with great football knowledge (although not enough for RTL), with little interest in controversy and completely at peace with himself. Similar to his groundsman," wrote Kroos.

The gardener comment was in reference to a comment made by Hoeness that Kroos wouldn't even be the groundsman at Bayern Munich when he retired.