Antonio Rudiger has completed his move to Real Madrid, which will be announced following the UEFA Champions League Final at the end of the month, in which Los Blancos are participating.
With only a formal announcement remaining, Antonio Rudiger has completed a move to Real Madrid on a free transfer. The German international will leave Chelsea at the end of the season, which was confirmed by his head coach Thomas Tuchel recently, and sign for Los Blancos on a four-year deal worth in the region of 9-10 million euros per year.
The Athletic’s David Ornstein confirmed the same, too, while also revealing that the club has inserted a 400 million euros release clause – mandatory in Spain – in his contract.
Rudiger will become Real Madrid’s first summer signing, with the club also in talks to sign Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer.
When quizzed about the German’s departure, Chelsea head coach Tuchel hoped that he – and others who are expected to leave the club – would finish the season on a positive note. That entails sealing a top-four spot for the Blues and potentially adding an FA Cup to the Stamford Bridge trophy cabinet.
“I’m absolutely convinced that they want that. Maybe they underestimated the impact that decisions to sign for another club have, the impact that it has,”
“I have the feeling that they experience it now themselves, but that they don’t want this and they don’t do it intentionally, but this is the case, we feel that it is different, a different approach to the games.
“Toni is important. You never finish with development and this is a key moment for his personal career. He knows it and I think he will step up. It is the moment to do it.”
Tuchel said.
Rudiger signed for Chelsea from AS Roma in July 2017, before playing almost 200 games for the Blues across five seasons. However, the 29-year-old enjoyed his best form under Tuchel, which culminated in him playing a key role in the club’s second Champions League title.
