Antonio Rudiger

[Blues Forever 1,232]

44 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

At this point AC renewing is maybe more important than Rüdiger. I think we can find another left sided one, but the mid CB who is as comfortable on the ball and in his positioning as AC or Silva is rare.

There are several options for a left-footed CB:

-Bastoni

-Laporte

-Botman

-Torres

-Kimpembe

-Romagnoli

-N'Dicka

 

 

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

 

[Mário César 975]

There are some reports from Spain that suggest Real Madrid are interested in him. They'll wait until next season and catch him after he ends his contract with us

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

After Alaba, Real will go hard to sign for free Rudiger, Mbappe and Goretzka. Plus Haaland on cheep. 

5 players worth over half billion for just 75m euros? 

[Mário César 975]

21 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

After Alaba, Real will go hard to sign for free Rudiger, Mbappe and Goretzka. Plus Haaland on cheep. 

5 players worth over half billion for just 75m euros? 

Rudiger is not Real Madrid level

[DH1988 1,273]

11 minutes ago, Mário César said:

Rudiger is not Real Madrid level

This, without Tuchel I don’t believe he steps up to the level he is now. 
 

Keen to see La Liga this year, I think Atleti take it, but it will be interesting to see what happens with RM for sure.

[Mário César 975]

He's a very good player but to play in Madrid he needs to be world class

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

Which Militao, Nacho are 😂

[Mário César 975]

29 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Which Militao, Nacho are 😂

There is the reason why last year they won nothing....

 

[Clockwork 1,794]

1 hour ago, Mário César said:

Rudiger is not Real Madrid level

He is more than their level atm. He is one of the most in form CB in the world.

[Blue Armour 4,289]

Any idea why we're struggling with extending his contract? Or even Christensen for that matter. And to add, we've also lost an experienced defender in Zouma, another member of our CL winning squad.

I see City and Liverpool managing to extend contracts of their key defenders, but we're seemingly at risk of losing these guys year. 

What gives?

[Blue Armour 4,289]

1 hour ago, Hermione said:

Christensen is almost done, just not announced yet, dunno about Rudiger.

Hope we can get Christensen over the line soon. 

I don't know if Rudiger sees potentially better options out there, but we better offer a high wage package or something to entice him to stay.

Sure there might be other CBs with better ability, but I don't want us to sacrifice that mentality and leadership he has displayed over the past few months. That sort of thing is difficult to buy.

[Vesper 28,841]

Antonio Rudiger closer than ever to disappointing free transfer exit from Chelsea

https://www.Chelsea-news.co/2021/09/antonio-rudiger-closer-than-ever-to-disappointing-free-transfer-exit-from-Chelsea/

Antonio Rudiger still has not agreed a new contract at Chelsea, and according to 90min.com, an agreement is not getting any closer.

Letting the defender’s contract run down a little seemed sensible a year ago, when he wasn’t in the team anyway, but his revival since then means that locking him in to a long term deal has become essential.

If the club doesn’t come to an agreement with the former Roma man before January, he can start speaking to other teams about a free transfer – and it’s easy to see him being tempted by a big offer from elsewhere.

Certainly the situation is now playing into his hands quite nicely, and he’s unlikely to give up the superb leverage of his situation – at least until he can turn it into a deal he’s happy with.

As it stands, it looks increasingly likely that Rudiger heads into the sunset next summer.

[nyikolajevics 2,578]

Would be disappointing if he left.. He might not be top5 defender in the world but his mentality and leadership was essential for winning CL. Players like Kante, Kova, Jorginho, James, Chilwell, Kai, Mount, Werner might be very good footballers but they are not the craz guys who will scream into the opponents faces when it’s necessary. Ofc we don’t need to become Bad Boy Pistons of football but some guys like him needed in the team.

[Magic Lamps 11,655]

Would be a loss but he is replaceable. Will be 29 next summer already so if he overplays his hand we should let him leave, not be held to ransom. 
plenty of good cbs available. As long as we have TT and the back 5, even half decent defenders will look solid as long as they are quick and  good on the ball. 

[Atomiswave 6,072]

Man this is bullshit man, what the fuck does he want? And I for one will not claim he is replaceable, and is indeed a world class defender, minimum top5 for sure. Is in his prime, playing for WC manager, plays for an elite club going places, the fans are fond of him etc.......what the fuck is wrong with you Rudi? At least if you have your eyes set elswhere then be honest about it.

[Magic Lamps 11,655]

7 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

Man this is bullshit man, what the fuck does he want? And I for one will not claim he is replaceable, and is indeed a world class defender, minimum top5 for sure. Is in his prime, playing for WC manager, plays for an elite club going places, the fans are fond of him etc.......what the fuck is wrong with you Rudi? At least if you have your eyes set elswhere then be honest about it.

If we win the league this season, he has won everything possible so might look for a new challenge. I don't think he is top5 tho.... he has played 7 world class months for us but other than that has not really been on this level consistently. Not for Roma not for us under Conte or Sarri or Löw. He had good patches but never been this good. Once he is taken out of our system as in the German team he suddenly looks rather normal. HIs personality might be harder to replace tho

[Atomiswave 6,072]

1 hour ago, Magic Lamps said:

If we win the league this season, he has won everything possible so might look for a new challenge. I don't think he is top5 tho.... he has played 7 world class months for us but other than that has not really been on this level consistently. Not for Roma not for us under Conte or Sarri or Löw. He had good patches but never been this good. Once he is taken out of our system as in the German team he suddenly looks rather normal. HIs personality might be harder to replace tho

Good points but I still have him as top 5 since TT came in. I really dont care how he would look for other teams, what does he do for Chels, and he has been utterly quality for us.

His leadership abilities are worth a gold......he will regret leaving if it comes to that.