Antonio Rudiger Confirms Joining Real Madrid from Chelsea
After five great years achieving trophies with Chelsea, including the UEFA Champion’s League, Antonio Rüdiger has today officially left the club for a new phase at Real Madrid.
Rüdiger bows out as arguably one of the Chelsea’s best defender over the last 18 months, making 203 appearances over his entire tenure while scoring 12 goals. Among these, the 35-yard belter against Brentford earlier this season was a great reward after so many attempts!
Chelsea and Rüdiger reached an impasse over a contract renewal amid the club facing sanctions and a host of uncertainty. That lead to the German’s decision to safeguard his future with the Spanish club. Rudiger came to Chelsea from Roma in 2017 and has so far achieved great feats including:
- 1 Champions League
- 1 Club World Cup
- 1 Europa League
- 1 UEFA Super Cup
- 1 FA Cup
- 1 Confederations Cup
- 2 times named in the Champions League Team of the Season (2021 and 2022)
