I agree with everything you said about Ozil, Muller etc.
I just don't get the part with Kroos. "Irrational love"?
Kroos was never loved like Schweinsteiger, Podolski, Neuer, Klose, Muller, Neuer. He is respected as a world class player like Philipp Lahm was respected, but I would even say Lahm had a much higher cult following because of his Bavarian upbringing and his reliability. Kroos was constantly belittled while at Bayern, being called "Querpass-Toni" and being seen as a lesser player by the higher ups. His East-Germany roots didn't help him, the attention was more on players from Bavaria (Muller, Schweinsteiger, Lahm) or from the Dortmund academy (Hummels, Reus, Goetze). Kroos was on the Bayern side, but he was never seen as one of them. I still remember the calls for a Schweinsteiger-Gundogan midfield for Germany from many fans, the press, pundits etc. At that point, Kroos was already better than both, but no one cared about him.
Kroos' status changed only in the last few years, since he was the only world champion from 2014 which career had an upward trajectory afterwards, winning 3 CLs with Real. Today Kroos is liked because of his performances and his international status, but the people never loved him as a person like they did with Muller, Podolski, Schweinsteiger etc
Maybe a thing for a different thread...