Antonio Rudiger

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

I'm starting to think Christensen will be our backup RWB

[Dimitr 488]

Rudiger-Luiz /Christensen-azpicuelta 

and moses  ,Sandro (possible)

not bad .

[Dazzy_Vance 454]

Why would we bother with this guy? He's a mid table centre half and belongs at Everton. I swear if Christensen wasn't our player we would be bidding £50m for him this window.

[Leif 6,006]

Scenes when we offer 20m + Christensen.

 

But, he is better than Manolas, who has no durability as a Roma fan put it, which I agree with.

Rudiger's leaving due to racism in Italy, not because Roma are happy to make money off him, unlike the former. But, just 1 big injury really turned him into a shadow of the player he was touted to be. Again, no better than Cahill. So, why not just keep our central defence exactly as is? Azpilicueta - Christensen - Luiz would be by far the best 'pairing' in the league.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

I'm not gonna pretend to know more than Conte or the scouts but this one is baffling... I mean he can play on the left and right side and is comfortable in wide areas but this just looks strange when you think of who we have in the system.

He does seem to use the ball better than Zouma and has better anticipation but he's not miles clear

[Dimitr 488]

It's a good option not the best . The best is VVD (he isn't for sale ) 

we have learned from last year with koulibaly saga.

[zekinjo 449]

I don't bite this. We're not that average club. 

[milka 3,346]

According to @DiMarzio, Chelsea are interested to buy every fcking CB on this transfer window! Bonucci, Van Dijk , Manolas, Boateng, Rudiger next?

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Conte has seen little progress made in the quest to sign either of his top defensive targets: Virgil van Dijk or Leonardo Bonucci. [Mail]

#Chelsea have turned their focus to alternatives and are confident they can get Roma's Rudiger, with his agent travelling to London. [Mail]

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

From Bonucci and VD to him... 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

34 minutes ago, Rapkun said:

He's the equivalent of Bailly in the Serie A. Huge athletic qualities and a lot of aggressiveness but commits many mistakes. He's more about reactivity than anticipation. His pace is a huge attribute when playing with slow defenders but he needs one or two other players around him with experience. He is a little more comfortable with the ball than Manolas but that's not saying much.

Agree, but whenever I saw him, he was miles ahead of Manolas in ball control. Thats why he can also play RB if realy necessary. That said, he needs to improve his awarness, but his physical ability; agility, strenght and speed could make him perfect CB one day if he stays injury free. 

[Dimitr 488]

Just now, xPetrCechx said:

From Bonucci and VD to him... 

We are never interested to bonucci 

VVD IS NOT for sale .

[Pizy 18,368]

7 minutes ago, Dimitr said:

We are never interested to bonucci 

VVD IS NOT for sale .

There is no such thing as a player not for sale at a small club like Southampton. It's just a matter of offering them money they can't say no to.

[Bernard N Y Burgesson 139]

how can we sell ake so we get rudiger.

[Dimitr 488]

6 minutes ago, Pizy said:

There is no such thing as a player not for sale at a small club like Southampton. It's just a matter of offering them money they can't say no to.

In our days west brom and west ham can pay 40m for a player and do you think that if saints want to keep him they can't ? 

They said he isn't for sale so another koulibaly saga . Napoli is a big team ? No but they kept koulibaly so ? 

[Dimitr 488]

3 minutes ago, Bernard N Y Burgesson said:

how can we sell ake so we get rudiger.

Becaus He isn't very tall  

[akgw13 867]

4 minutes ago, Bernard N Y Burgesson said:

how can we sell ake so we get rudiger.

Because we have a buyback in Akes contract, and the player wants more guaranteed first team starts to progress. If Ake develops into a stud we will exercise our BB options and bring him back.