According to the newspaper Marca, Kross accepted an exclusive interview with El País Semanal, who talked about his decision to retire, his own ideas and topics related to Real Madrid.

Decision on retirement

"I spent months thinking about this. I mean, I didn't wake up one morning and suddenly say to myself, 'You have to retire!'. No, I thought a lot. I had already considered retirement the year before, but in the end I decided to renew my contract with Real Madrid, who has been very persistent."

"But that didn't change my mind, I always wanted to retire like this, and luckily I did it. I thought it was hard to do better than my last season at Real Madrid. I left after winning La Liga and Champions League. Goodbye."

Don't want to leave after slipping down

"The best thing is to leave at the peak, you can walk with a good feeling because it's the decision you make yourself. And before someone put me on the bench because I'm not as important to the team as I was until the end... well, I'd rather leave by myself."

"I want to avoid all those situations. My coach, my family, my body won't tell me when to retire. You can't stick to 40. You have to leave before your body asks you to stop."

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