Kroos was close to joining Manchester United

“David Moyes had come to see me and the contract had basically been done but then Moyes was fired and Louis van Gaal came in, which complicated matters,” Kroos told The Athletic.

“Louis wanted time to build his own project. I didn’t hear anything from United for a while and started having doubts. Then the World Cup started and Carlo Ancelotti called. And that was it.” 

Those are the words of Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos who made it clear during a recent interview that he was close to joining Manchester United back in 2014 prior to the World Cup. David Moyes had initially revealed that information back in 2018, and it turns out that it was true.

To this day Kroos is still one of the most highly thought of midfielders in world football but at this stage of his career, it doesn’t appear as if he’s going to leave the Bernabeu.