TONI KROOS will go down as one of the all-time great midfielders.
And tomorrow the Real Madrid star can bring down the curtain on his glittering club career with one more piece of silverware.
Kroos (right), 34, announced earlier this month he was going to retire from professional football after this summer's Euros with a desire to go out at the very top.
Incredibly, the Germany star is set to finish with a mind-blowing statistic of 92 percent average passing accuracy throughout his WHOLE career.
The former Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen midfielder who has won 108 caps for Germany actually has an average passing average of 93.6 percent with Real Madrid. No wonder Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has said that replacing Kroos is "difficult, if not impossible" because he is one of the best passers of his generation.
Ancelotti begged Kroos to extend his stay for one more year, but now regards Jude Bellingham as his natural successor in midfield.
However, it is so rare to see sports stars - let alone just in football - decide to go out at the very top of their game.
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