The January transfer window was always gonna be unpredictable and today we got another confirmation of that – according to Marca, Real Madrid, a leading candidate for the signature of Antonio Rudiger are out of the race to sign Chelsea defender. Unless something else happens (for example the player lowers his demands), the German will find another club in June. Journalist Jose Luis Sanchez on the Twitch channel of ‘El Chiringuito’ first broke the news and then Marca confirmed it.”I don’t know if his representatives have spoken to other clubs”Thomas Tuchel says he won’t predict what the future holds for Antonio Rudiger at Chelsea pic.twitter.com/QwFmQ8vjSj— The Sun Football ⚽ (@TheSunFootball) January 4, 2022 So what happened? The fame and plaudits seem to have got into his head in recent months, and Rudiger suddenly decided to make demands too big even for the Royal club. Reportedly, he wants a really strong financial package, as he knows that at 29, this will be his last major contract. So, he instructed his agent to demand a 1.5 billion Ksh annual wage net. After hearing these demands, Real Madrid came to the conclusion that their current defensive pair Militao-Alaba is the best on the continent, and cooled their interest for now. Real is already paying Alaba a bit over 1.5 billion Ksh net a year, and the player is better than Rudiger and can cover three positions, so the deal is definitely off. It will certainly be a blow for the German, who already spoke about Real transfer with several players from Ancelotti’s squad and asked them different questions.(2.10) CHELSEA (3.45) TOTTENHAM (3.50)The interesting thing about this Real’s action is that the other suitor, believed to be Bayern Munich will probably drop out too because there is no way that Real refuses to pay this much money and the Bavarians accept it. They have already let Alaba leave for free as he demanded the sum almost the same one which Rudiger is demanding now. So, Chelsea’s defender will either lower his demands or go to the third interested party – PSG, and see if he can get 1.5 billion out of them. Just to remind everybody, Chelsea offered him around 1 billion Ksh per year, but he refused, as players like Kepa, Chilwell, or Werner would still be in front of him.
