Antonio Rüdiger (29) has said goodbye to Chelsea. He has done so through a statement in ‘The players’s tribune’ where he has reviewed his entire career with the English team. NOr he has forgotten to comment on how his departure from Stamford Bridge has been, which began to take shape at the end of 2021.
“Unfortunately, my contract negotiations had already started to go haywire last fall.either. Business is business, but when you don’t hear from the club from August to January, the situation gets complicated…”, explained Rüdiger, who remembers with great sincerity the doubts about his continuity at Chelsea.
“After the first offer, there was a long gap of just nothing. We’re not robots, you know? You cannot wait months with so much uncertainty about your future. Obviously, nobody saw the sanctions coming, but in the end, other big clubs were showing interest and I had to make a decision,” added the central defender, who he did not mention Real Madrid, his next destination, as reported by Diario AS.
However, Rüdiger wanted to leave Chelsea in the best possible way. “I leave it like that, because apart from business, I have nothing bad to say about this club,” says the Bavarian defender.. A player who will arrive on a free transfer to Madrid this summer and who will earn 7 million euros net per season, as revealed by the Sport1 program.
Rüdiger’s salary would have to add the first signing, estimated at 20 million euros, according to the latest information. A move with the white team fulfills one of the wishes of Carlo Ancelotti, who wanted a central defender with a good aerial game to complete his squad, and he already has one.