Rüdiger, first reinforcement of the European champion

Antonio Rüdiger is already a Real Madrid player for the next four seasons and is the first signing of the current European champion. The white club has made official this Thursday what was an open secret for several months, the hiring of this German international who was an express request from Carlo Ancelotti to reinforce his rearguard. The ex of the Stuttgart, Rome and Chelsea will be presented next Monday in Chamartín.

The economic data is never revealed, but some sources have confirmed that the center-back will receive a salary close to nine million euros net per season, a succulent salary because, as happened last year with the Austrian David Alaba, the German lands in the Santiago Bernabéu after finishing his contract with Chelsea, from which he said goodbye a few weeks ago after confirming that he was not extending his relationship with the English club.

Real Madrid has once again struck a blow by reinforcing itself with one of the great opportunities on the market. Defensive leader of the 2021 European champion, Rüdiger’s contractual situation at Chelsea made him a bargain for the greats of Europe. In addition, to all this were added the restrictions imposed on the Stamford Bridge entity after the sanctions on its previous owner, the Russian, Roman Abramovich, forced to put the London club up for sale after his country’s invasion of Ukraine.

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The Berliner, 29 years old and 1.87 tall, refused to renew his contract and the madridistas anticipated their competitors to secure the services of a fully guaranteed central defender. His arrival reinforces even more a defense that has performed this season at a high level with Eder Militao, David Alaba and the conjunctural presence of the wild card Nacho. A potential that was highly questionable after the departure of Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane, but which grew exponentially during the League-Champions double.

Rüdiger arrives at the height of his career and is an expeditious, fast and physically powerful defender who wanted to embark on a new professional adventure after five seasons at Chelsea. The negotiations of the merengue entity with its representative initially ran into a great obstacle due to the high emoluments requested by the German, who aspired to collect some 12 million euros net per season, to which a succulent signing premium would have to be added to the be free from contract.

These claims caused the entity chaired by Florentino Pérez to cool down the negotiations while other candidates such as Juventus and Bayern courted the footballer. In the end, Rüdiger lowered his claims by about three million per year and is a new blow for Real Madrid after Kylian Mbappé’s no. The next reinforcement that may fall is that of Aurélien Tchouaméni, a young Monaco midfielder who is also wanted by PSG.