Toni Kroos: I actually believed Bayern when saying they supported Nagelsmann

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has taken aim at former club Bayern Munich over the sacking of Julian Nagelsmann.

Nagelsmann was axed and replaced by Thomas Tuchel on Friday.

Kroos said on his podcast: "If that's what they think sportingly, then go ahead. But for a moment I came to believe them. How much they supported him. Up to a week before. It wasn't normal.

"There had already been better results and more criticism in the past, but this time everyone was united behind him."

Kroos hinted that the attitude on the part of the Bavarian leadership did not seem right to him. Especially the words of Herbert Hainer, president of the club who, days before the dismissal, had branded Nagelsmann a "long-term project".

From Kroos's point of view, it bordered on ridicule: “He manifested it like never before. For a moment I believed it."