Antonio Rudiger, Cesar Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen. Three first team players for Chelsea, and three free agents in May. Sure, the Blues do have Sarr, Thiago Silva and others, but these three players, especially Rudiger and Christensen are in the right age and with enough experience to lead the line for the Champions League winners for another couple of years. But the negotiations are dragging and are not going well. Other club are also checking their availability, especially for players like Rudiger.Chelsea have offered Antonio Rudiger a new contract offer with a weekly salary close to £200,000 in a bid to keep the defender at Stamford Bridge.#TransferNews #PL #CFC #Rudiger #KTBFFH pic.twitter.com/6fhVsxqWhL— The Premier League And More (@ThePLandMore) February 10, 2022 The German international has rejected Chelsea’s last contract offer and PSG are very much interested to bring him in. They could pay his wages without a problem, but would face a tough task of selling their players in May, in order to balance the books. Barcelona and Real are always there, while Bayern didn’t want to break the wage structure for Niklas Sule, so it will be 1.3 billion Ksh per year for another defender and not more. Maybe it will be Christensen?Rudiger rejects Chelsea, again, as his Stamford Bridge tenure seems to be reaching the dead endCesar Azpilicueta also has suitors, mainly Barcelona, but the Spanish Marca revealed some interesting details. Even thou his contract is expiring, and there is a mutual interest between the player and the Catalonians, Chelsea has a secret ‘ace’. The Blues want to hold on their captain, and have a unilateral option to renew for two more seasons. If the English club wants, they can exercise it and the footballer will continue at Stamford Bridge. That is what the contract says and the club has the right to execute the agreement. Will they do it is another question. Even then, he could ask to leave but then any other club would have to pay transfer fee.“Of course, I arrived in the summer of 2012 and I didn’t have kids. My kids were born in London and you know how I feel about Chelsea. But I am not going to comment on my future” said the Spaniard at the press conference ahed of FIFA Club World Cup Finals with Palmeiras,Hero’s welcome for kind soul Rudiger as he touches down in Sierra LeoneChelsea is also not giving up on Rudiger. After he rejected their contract offer las week (believed to be the last offer), the Blues tried again and according to Goal, their new bid is even closer to that 30 million Ksh per week demand. Chelsea don’t want to lose all three defenders, but if Rudiger was to stay, maybe they could let one of the other three go.
