Real Madrid have had a great start to the season and have won every game in the Primera and the Champions League. Maybe it seemed to some that the team reached their zenith by winning the Champions League this spring and that a decline will follow, but according to the results at the beginning of the new season, it looks like they are even stronger and better, with only two important reinforcements and one important departure. One of those two big reinforcements is Antonio Rudiger, whose transfer was agreed upon in the second part of last season. He arrived as a free agent from Chelsea and so far he looks like a great signing.🎙️| Rüdiger: “I can’t call Real Madrid a dream. My dream was always the Premier League. Real Madrid was a fantasy, something bigger.” @SPORT1 pic.twitter.com/x11mnkqMZM— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) September 20, 2022 Recently, Rudiger’s agent revealed that Real’s offer was actually the lowest the player received. His contract at Chelsea expired, and the club offered him twice less than what Romelu Lukaku was earning. The German was disappointed with the offer and decided to leave Stamford Bridge. The agent revealed that a Premier League club (read Manchester United) and a club from abroad (read PSG) offered him twice as much money as Real Madrid. But the player only wanted to go to Real…New Chelsea owner blames Marina Granovskaia for club’s defensive woesHe confirmed that in a big interview for Sport 1 in Germany.“There were only two options for me: either I stay at Chelsea or I go to Madrid. Germany was not a serious option. At the end of April it became really concrete. But before everything was clear, my brother misled me a bit. We played Chelsea against Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals After the first-leg loss, he suddenly said to me: “Toni, I don’t know if this will still work! In the second leg you have to prove everything to keep going “. He had a shattered head, which motivated me” revealed Rudiger.##NAJAVA_MECA_6660167##Germany’s international also said that hic coach Carlo Ancelotti insisted on bringing him to the club and even called him in April himself. He chose Real in the end and he didn’t regret it, especially after a great gesture by the Italian.“I had only been in our new house for a few hours with my family, we were having a barbecue, until suddenly the doorbell rang. I opened it and in front of me was Carlo Ancelotti . A moment of amazement. He sat at our table, ate with us and he met my family. Very normal, very realistic. He was there for two hours and we talked about everything. I’m honest, I had never experienced anything like this, no coach had ever done anything like this for me. After a few months with him, I have to say that when it’s about dealing with players, Ancelotti is untouchable. Don Carlo, a coaching legend, was already collecting Champions League titles when I was a kid. Working with him every day at the most successful club in the world is wonderful” said Rudiger.El Classico in the market: Barcelona and Real Madrid have got their eye on a Brazilian wonderkidApart from his amassment with Ancelotti, the German defender also emphasized the help he got from his teammate and countryman Tony Kroos.“We always got along well and with respect in the national team, but we always only exchanged two phrases with each other. Something like ‘hello, how are you?’ and ‘bye-bye’. Maybe because we just didn’t have enough time. I’ve met another Toni Kroos at Real Madrid. He speaks very good Spanish, he is completely open and also very helpful. He has supported me with the language from day one and has offered to help me with other things several times. He is a very relaxed guy” said Rudiger.Florentino Perez prepares for the EU punishment over Super LeagueThe cult of winning is bigger in Madrid than in any other club and former Chelsea defender confirmed it.”The strength of the club is huge. From the outside you can more or less imagine it, but experiencing it yourself is something completely different. It’s all about winning here. There is no other option. When I look at guys like Luka, Toni or Karim, they are so deeply relaxed that for them even a final is the most normal thing in the world” said Rudiger.
