The weather in Munich at the end of January was cold, and at about four o'clock in the afternoon, the night began to fill in, and the temperature was minus 12 degrees, and the wind was very windy, and the wind felt a little tingling on the face.

Leon was dressed in a slim-fitting leather jacket with a trench coat on the outside, but he still felt very cold, coming from warm Italy to Germany and feeling the cold of winter.

The two men arrived at the hotel first, and then Massimiliano Mirabelli called Roland Cross, Tony Cross's father, and learned that the Kroos family and his agent were already waiting at home.

Soon, Leon and Mirabelli are in the living room of the Cross family, sitting on the couch opposite Ronald Cross (Tony Cross's father), Biercht (Tony Cross's mother), Volker Strut (Tony Cross's agent), and then on either side are the two little Crosses, Tony Cross, and his brother Felix Cross. My younger brother is not yet 17 years old this year, and like my brother, he is also a football player.

Parents and brothers, agents, the whole family, Leon smiled and nodded, this meeting was very grand, he could feel the importance of Tony Cross's family for today's meeting.

Tony Kroos was born on January 4, 1990 in the Baltic city of Greifswald in East Germany, and although the two countries were not fully united until October of that year, the Berlin Wall had been torn down. In terms of origin, the main difference between the young Tony Kroos and his national team teammates is that others may have been born in the flourishing West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) from the beginning, and even some players born in the former East Germany (GDR) were born in some big cities such as Berlin and have basically made the transition to the Federal Republic of Germany, and they are not like Tony Kroos, who has experienced a period of socialist life after landing on the ground - so Tony Kroos is a true East German.

Every genius is not able to break out of a brilliant career path casually, and the family atmosphere is especially important. Kroos was born into a family of sportsmen: Tony Kroos grew up in a sporting family, his father Roland Kroos was the youth coach of Tony Kroos Jr.'s birthplace of Greifswald, his mother Biercht was a former East German national champion in badminton, and Kroos has a younger brother Felix Kroos who is a year younger than him, who is also a young footballer.

In 2002, when his father became the coach of Rostock's C-level youth team, in July 2002 the Kroos brothers moved to Rostock, a "big club". The elder Kroos, who was in charge of Rostock's C team at the time, helped Tony Kroos immensely and laid a solid foundation for his career. In the 2004-2005 German Under-17 Championship, Kroos helped Rostock to a runner-up finish, and his performances caught the attention of Bayern Munich scouts during the season. Kroos did not even play a senior game for Rostock, a team from the former East Germany, signing Bayern Munich on an amateur contract until 2011 in the summer of 2006.

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The Cross family extended a warm welcome to Leon's arrival.

Leon was also invited to taste the Munich sausage.

After a simple greeting, Li Ang went straight to the point.

"Well, delicious little sausages, but let's talk about business first. Li Ang said with a smile, "I believe everyone has already known our intention in the previous phone communication, as for sincerity, there is a cup knockout match with Juventus tomorrow, and I can come here now, this is the greatest sincerity." As he spoke, Leon winked at the two Cross brothers.

Everyone smiled and nodded, Li Ang was right, he came here in person during the busy game break, this is the greatest sincerity.

Leon has lived in Europe for a long time, and he is also used to this attitude towards people and things, he has to be so direct when he speaks, he is so cool, he is a world-class handsome, for an eighteen-year-old little guy, to be able to take time to visit, this is the greatest sincerity to Tony Cross and his family, and it can even be said that the Cross family is a little flattered.

"Sincerity is the foundation of good communication, and then there are some more practical issues. Leon nodded, "Tony is a good fellow, I admire him and invited him to play on my team, that's what I'm here for, what do you think about it, or what concerns do you have, so we want to hear your opinions, Mr. Cross." Leon said to Tony Cross's father, Ronald Cross.

Before Ronald Kroos could speak, his wife, Tony Kroos's mother, Biercht, spoke first: "Tony has not left the family at this age, and Italy is a foreign ......"

"I'm grown up, Mom!" Tony Kroos said immediately, with some eagerness, not knowing if it was because he was eager to play at Inter Milan or because his mother was anxious because he would misunderstand that he was a grown-up child.

"In another ten years, you will still be a child in the eyes of your mother. Biercht said.

"Mommy ......" Tony Cross was anxious.

"Tony is eighteen years old and he's a man. Ronald Cross, who had not spoken, said suddenly.

Well, in this family, the father has a great deal of authority and authority, and after he said this, Biercht did not bother with the problem that Tony Cross was too young.

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"Actually, you don't have to worry about Tony's life abroad. "Luka Modric was 18 years old when he came to my team from Croatia, Sergio Aguero was only 17 years old when he came to Milan from Argentina, Karim Benzema was 17 years old when he came to Gijón from France, they were all younger than Toney, and Ivan, En, Branislav Ivanovic was a little older, 20 years old, Frank Ribeiro? ”

Hearing Leon say this about Ribeiro, both little Cross laughed.

"You see, I'm very experienced! Tony is eighteen years old, just right. Leon joked.

Tony Kroos's parents and agent Walter Strut also smiled knowingly, Ronald Kroos thought of Leon's magical legend of being good at nurturing young people, and was looking forward to his son's future of playing under such a legendary manager, while Biercht was a lot more relieved, as Leon said, he is very experienced in 'taking children', as for the agent Walter. The reason why Sroot is happy is because the names of the players mentioned by Leon, whether it is Modric or Ivanovic, or Benzema, Aguero and Ribery, are all players trained by Leon, and now they are all well-known stars, and some players can even be regarded as top stars, which makes Mr. Agent look forward to the day when Tony Kroos, who is under his team, will also become famous. Leon is a top international coach, especially good at cultivating young people, which is why Walter Strut took the initiative to contact Inter Milan as soon as he heard that Leon had taken a fancy to Tony Kroos, and showed a positive attitude: no one can afford to miss the opportunity and never come again! Now no one can be sure what Tony Kroos's future achievements will be, in this case, playing in the hands of a top coach who is good at cultivating young people, obviously has a higher success rate!

However, Bayern Munich also fancy Toney. Ronald Cross thought for a moment and said.

"Bayern Munich may indeed value Toney, but, as we all know, Bayern has two models for cultivating stars: one is like Schweinsteiger and the other is like Lahm, and I believe Mr. Kroos must be very clear about these two player development models. I'm sure that maybe Bayern Munich are already talking to you about sending Tony out on loan. Leon said.

Ronald Kroos nodded, he naturally knew that similar to Schweinsteiger, he stayed in the team from beginning to end, has been training hard, and like Lahm, he found his talent and sub-loaned it to his team to hone - Kroos belongs to the latter. And Leon is right, Bayern Munich are looking to sign a professional contract with Tony Kroos, and after the signing, they plan to sub-loan Tony Kroos in this winter transfer market, and even plan to loan it out for two years at a time at the beginning!

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Bayern Munich's head of youth training even used Lahm's success story to reassure Ronald Kroos in order to reassure Ronald Kroos.

Today, the 24-year-old has become an integral part of the Bayern Munich squad, and looking back at his upbringing, one can see the extraordinary journey of this small player, which has made Lahm even more legendary.

When I received the call from Bayern Munich, Philippe Lahm was playing in a junior team. Former Bayern youth team coach Jan Pienta approached Lahm and asked if he would like to come to Bayern.

But surprisingly, Lahm turned down the offer that any young player could only dream of. Rather than going to Bayern, he would like to continue playing with his friends in his hometown of FT Gain. (Gayn is near Munich)

But the temptation to follow was hard for a twelve-year-old to resist: they allowed Lahm to be a caddie when playing on the first team, so that Lahm could get up close and personal with Bayern Munich's biggest names in a way that no football-loving kid could refuse.

As a result, Lahm changed his mind and chose to join the Bayern Munich junior team.

Philippe Lahm has spent time in Bayern Munich's youth team at any level and is a regular in all age groups. Lahm began to win trophy after trophy in the youth team, winning the German Youth League title in 2001 with team-mates Hrvagen, Fojlner and Misimovic and successfully defending the title in 2002 with Otter, Schweinsteiger and Trokhovski.

Lahm's patience and his good mentality as a professional player made it easy for him to remain calm and wait for his chance to play as a first-team player. Finally, on November 13, 2002, coach Heathfield replaced him in the Champions Cup match between Bayern and Lens, and the result was 3-3, and the little guy performed well!

However, Lahm struggled to get any featured opportunities in the big-name Bayern Munich first team and the club's managers wanted to push talented players out, so when Stuttgart asked for it, they agreed to sign a two-year loan deal. This is a new stage in Ram's career. Not only was Lahm offered his first professional contract at Stuttgart, but his position on the pitch changed – instead of playing at right-back or defensive midfield, he became a left-back.

In his first Bundesliga season in Stuttgart, Lahm made 31 appearances and his success in his new position caught the attention of national team manager Worrall, who was soon called up to the national team. Worrall played the full game in his first international game, and Lahm made a name for himself in Germany's 2-1 win over Croatia.

Lahm then secured a return to Bayern Munich thanks to his impressive performances on loan at Stuttgart.

Although Lahm played only 20 games in the 2005/200 season, it was enough for Bayern fans to choose him as Bayern's Player of the Year in 2006. Of course, a large part of this was due to his excellent performance at the 06 World Cup in Germany - Lahm scored the first goal of this World Cup, a beautiful goal.

His short stature did not stop Lahm from moving forward, and he was nominated for the 2006 World Cup Team of the Year. Now, whether at Bayern Munich or the German national team, Lahm is an indispensable part of the team.

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Lahm's success, also known as a benchmark for Bayern Munich's publicity, now uses the success of Lahm's comeback to inspire young players every time they go out on loan.

However, as a football insider, Tony Kroos's father, Ronald Kroos, is more aware of the brutality of football competition.

It was also Bayern Munich who planned to sign a professional contract with Tony Kroos and immediately put him out on loan for two years, which made Ronald Kroos and his agent Walter Stuart a little worried.

Although there is a precedent like Lahm who was loaned out by Bayern Munich, then repossessed, and established himself at Bayern Munich and grew into a top star, this is a very small number of successful cases after all, and more players who were directly sent out did not return to Bayern Munich in the end, and played in the middle and lower teams throughout their careers, or even disappeared and could only play in the lower leagues.

Young players are constantly being subloaned, and many young players are lost little by little in the process of continuous sub-loaning, they need to constantly adapt to the characteristics of each new team on loan, as well as new teammates, and then in the process of adapting, the talent attribute is also lost.

Therefore, Ronald Kroos understands the importance of a stable environment for the development of his son.

And when this stable environment can be combined with the world-class coach Li Ang, who is known for his ability to train young people, it will be even more perfect.

In a sense, the fact that the Ronald Kroos family agreed to Leon's arrival and gave such a 'grand' welcome to the family speaks to the attitude that Leon is very close to taking down Tony Kroos.