Toni Kroos: I would have joined Chelsea over Man Utd!
REAL MADRID and Germany star Toni Kroos has admitted the only English team he would have left Bayern Munich for over the summer was Chelsea, despite being wanted by Manchester United.
Toni Kroos is confident he made the right choice by signing for Real Madrid[GETTY]
The World Cup winner left Pep Guardiola's side to sign for Carlo Ancelotti in a deal worth around £20million, and has so far impressed in his first seven La Liga outings.
Kroos was a top transfer target for United this summer after coming close to joining the year before, but the 24-year-old is adamant that a switch to Old Trafford was never a possibility as the only Premier League club he would have joined was Jose Mourinho's Chelsea.
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Madrid, Bayern, Barcelona and Chelsea are the four biggest clubs at the moment, so I would only have swapped one for another
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Speaking to German outlet Die Welt, the playmaker said: "I'm happy to have been given the chance to try something new. Even though it's only been a short while I feel like it was the right decision.
"Madrid is a special club and the challenge I was looking for after my long and successful career at Bayern. Madrid, Bayern, Barcelona and Chelsea are the four biggest clubs at the moment, so I would only have swapped one for another."