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Real Madrid’s top five players from January

By Ben Sundock

Real Madrid's German midfielder Toni Kroos (R) celebrates his goal with Real Madrid's French defender Raphael Varane during the Spanish Super Cup semi final between Valencia and Real Madrid on January 8, 2020, at the King Abdullah Sport City in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)
Real Madrid's German midfielder Toni Kroos (R) celebrates his goal with Real Madrid's French defender Raphael Varane during the Spanish Super Cup semi final between Valencia and Real Madrid on January 8, 2020, at the King Abdullah Sport City in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images) /
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ZARAGOZA, SPAIN – JANUARY 29: Toni Kroos of Real Madrid in action during the Spanish Cup, Copa del Rey, football match played between Real Zaragoza and Real Madrid at La Romareda stadium on January 29, 2020 in Zaragoza, Spain. (Photo by Oscar J. Barroso / AFP7 / Europa Press Sports via Getty Images)
ZARAGOZA, SPAIN – JANUARY 29: Toni Kroos of Real Madrid in action during the Spanish Cup, Copa del Rey, football match played between Real Zaragoza and Real Madrid at La Romareda stadium on January 29, 2020 in Zaragoza, Spain. (Photo by Oscar J. Barroso / AFP7 / Europa Press Sports via Getty Images) /

Toni Kroos

The German midfield maestro is like a video game cheat code. Watching Toni Kroos navigate through the middle of the park while also spraying accurate passes all across the pitch is a delight and the €42 million price tag paid to Bayern Munich looks like a bargain now.

Kroos was vital in helping Los Blancos to the Supercopa title and showed his class against lower-league Zaragoza in the Copa del Rey with two first half assists.

Toni has been a workhorse all season long playing nearly 3,000 minutes in all competition, but it doesn’t seem to be affecting the number eight in the slightest.

His pass accuracy and decision making are never flawed and his recent run of form from set pieces has helped Real score several goals. It is hard to argue who has been the best midfielder for Real Madrid this season when Toni Kroos is playing like this, but Casemiro and Fede Valverde are giving him great competition.

Zidane would love to use Kroos in every match, but fighting for three trophies down the stretch will wear on the team and Kroos, like Casemiro and Valverde, can’t play all the time.

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