Toni Kroos makes brutal Liverpool claim that speaks volumes after sudden U-turn

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCToni Kroos has backtracked on Liverpool being one of the favourites to win the Champions League following their recent poor formThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn moreToni Kroos has seen enough of Liverpool so far this season to now rule them out of being one of the favourites to win the Champions League.

The Reds won their first seven games of the season in all competitions, but were not at their best as they relied on late winners in the majority.They then fell to successive defeats against Crystal Palace and Galatasaray as Arne Slot’s men struggled for form.Liverpool oversaw a £450m spending spree this summer as they brought in 10 new players and broke the British transfer record twice to sign Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak.Such business saw the reigning Premier League champions gain plenty of backers when it came to tipping potential English and European champions ahead of the new season.Kroos previously made one such claim, listing the Reds as one of his four favourites to win the Champions League.But following Liverpool’s below-par recent performances and loss to Galatasaray, the Real Madrid legend has made a point to backtrack on his previous prediction.“We had touched on it briefly once,” he said on the Einfach mal Luppen podcast, as quoted by The Boot Room. “I had listed four: Real, Barca, Paris, and Liverpool.“Those were the four teams I mentioned that I see as contenders to win the Champions League.“I think you (his brother, Felix) had left Paris out, right?

Honestly, I can’t really imagine that.“If so, then I’ll bring them back in now. I’ll bring them back in now, and I’d leave Liverpool out.”Kroos won five Champions League titles during his time with Real Madrid, beating Liverpool in two finals in 2018 and 2022.