20 – 30 – 60. Those are the numbers which Antonio Rudiger is contemplating, and he has time until January 2022 to make a decision. Chelsea defender is in the midst of contract negotiations with the Blues and it’s not looking good for the current Champions League winners. Defender with Sierra Leone roots is currently earning 20 million Ksh a week at Stamford Bridge, but wants a significant pay rise. Chelsea are offering 30 million a week, but that’s not enough for him. And other European giants are already offering much more. Pep wants his revenge, Tuchel to prove he belongs with the bestAccording to reports from England and Germany, Bayern Munich, Juventus, PSG (off course) are offering a staggering sum of 60 million a week. Rudiger is considering himself a top player in the club, and wants to enter the ’Lukaku club’, since newly acquired striker is on a 53 million Ksh a week wage, but that’s not gonna happen. The player also broke the silence this week with a very short statement regarding his future. „For me, this will be the most important decision of my professional career, so I won’t rush anything. Personally, I haven’t spoken to any club other than Chelsea” said Rudiger. (2.75) CHELSEA (3.20) MANCHESTER CITY (2.85)The coach which revived his career, Thomas Tuchel (he was a reserve when Frank Lampard was the coach), was also relaxed and said it’s an ongoing process which is strictly between the player and the club. “I hope that they find solutions over extending Rudiger’s stay, but it’s not only between coaches and players, and what we wish for, and that’s why it’s between the club, the players and the agent at the moment. We hope that they find the solution and everything I can say, he plays excellent, and since a long time very consistent, on a very high level. I see him very calm and focused, and it’s not a distraction for him. He’s in the strongest league in Europe, in a big club, so not many reasons to change that. But in the end it’s between him and the club, and that’s in good hands. I am calm and relaxed, whatever has to happen will happen” said Tuchel.Plans for the defence at the Stamford Bridge – kind of chaoticOne of the interested clubs is Bayern Munich. The Bavarians could pay his big wages since they are a well organized German club, who has a healthy financial policy, unlike most of Spanish or Italian clubs. Coach Julian Nagelsmann usually refuses to talk about other players who are under contract, but this time, he found excuse since Rudiger is German international, and even had the time to joke about the potential transfer. “He has made a super development. Thomas Tuchel has handled him extremely well – he was still on the sidelines at Chelsea a year ago and is now certainly one of their most decisive players. I haven’t spoken to Hasan Salihamidzic about it and if I did, I wouldn’t tell you either! I just read that in the media as well. I’ll have to see when the contract expires and then I’ll see if I still have money in my wallet!”“ joked Nagelsmann.
