German Toni Kroos, the Real Madrid midfielder, has become the latest star to depart from the historic generation of the team that won the historic Champions League treble.

Toni Kroos announced his retirement from football after participating with the German national team in the middle of next June in the European Nations Championship "Euro 2024", which his country will host.

Kroos's last match in a Real Madrid jersey will be against Germany's Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final on the first of next month at the ancient "Wembley" Stadium in the English capital, London.

Who remains of the historic generation of “heroes” trilogy?

Toni Kroos was a member of Real Madrid's historic generation, which won the Champions League three times in a row, in a historic achievement that no other team achieved, specifically in the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 seasons.

After Kroos announced the end of his football career, the only remaining members of that golden generation of Real Madrid, which won the historic treble in a row in the Champions League, were the duo, Croatian Luka Modric, the team’s midfielder, and right-back Dani Carvajal.

Toni Kroos, 2017 Champions League champion

Luka Modric's contract with Real Madrid expires at the end of the current season, specifically next June, amid expectations that his contract with the club will be extended for another year, but Dani Carvajal's contract is still extended until the summer of 2025.

Kroos was preceded in leaving Real Madrid by his former French colleague Karim Benzema, who left Merengue after the end of his contract in the summer of 2023, to move to the Saudi Al-Ittihad.

In the summer of 2022, Real Madrid bid farewell to four players from that historic generation at once, the first of whom was Casemiro to Manchester United for 70 million euros, and the trio Marcelo, Gareth Bale and Isco after the end of their contracts.

As for former Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos, who lifted the cup in the three editions of the Champions League, he ended his career with Real Madrid in the summer of 2021 after the end of his contract, leaving for Paris Saint-Germain, before returning again to Spain from the gate of his childhood club. Seville.

In the same Mercato 3 years ago, Manchester United signed French defender Raphael Varane, knowing that he was without a club this summer after the end of his contract with the Red Devils.

Costa Rican Keylor Navas, Real Madrid's goalkeeper in three finals, left the team in the summer of 2019 after Paris Saint-Germain decided to sign him.

The 2018 Champions League final witnessed the last appearance of Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo, the all-time top scorer for Real Madrid, in a Merengue shirt, as “The Don” left for the Italian Juventus, after playing the most important role in winning the successive European treble.

A historic achievement awaits Kroos, Modric and Carvajal

Real Madrid dreams of winning the Champions League title for the 15th time in its history and enhancing its record as the club with the most titles.

Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Dani Carvajal, in addition to their colleague Nacho Fernandez, will have the opportunity to write new history in the Champions League, given that they have 5 titles in the competition so far.

If the sixth title is won against Borussia Dortmund in the Wembley final 10 days later, the quartet will equal the record of Paco Gento, the Real Madrid legend, the player who has won the most Champions League titles since the 1960s (6 titles).

It is noteworthy that Modric, Carvajal and Nacho won the Champions League title 5 times with Real Madrid, while Kroos won the title 4 times with the royal team and once with his former club, Bayern Munich.