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#1 Toni Kroos
We won't pay you more than €10 million a year because you're not a world-class player.' – that is exactly what Bayern Munich CEO, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told when he was in talks to renew his contract at the German club.
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A couple of months later, he was sold to Real Madrid for €25 million – what is being called as the bargain of the century by several football fans. Pep Guardiola also did not show enough faith in him and was often preferring Mario Gotze over him.
With 2 Champions League titles in 4 years at Real Madrid (with a chance to make it 3 titles), one cannot argue that he is not a world-class player. Had it not been for the Messi-Ronaldo duopoly in the Ballon d’Or, Kroos would have won the trophy in 2014 – as he had won every major title in the world that year.
