With three Champions League titles to his name, Real Madrid star Toni Kroos has set a standard Manchester City are striving to reach yet he once looked certain to be chasing those dreams for City's cross-town rivals.
Kroos is on Wednesday set to be part of the Madrid midfield who will seek to deny City a second consecutive Champions League Final. Despite the wishes of then-Bayern boss Pep Guardiola, Kroos moved to Spain after helping Germany win the 2014 World Cup. For many months, however, Old Trafford - rather than the Bernabeu - had looked his most likely destination, and Kroos had even given his word on the transfer.