Antonio Rudiger

[axman2526]

This is why I always get annoyed when I hear stories of players wanting to stay at the club, but then also say they have been forced out due to the club not meeting their contract demands. 100k, 200k, 300k, these numbers will have you, your family and future generations set for life, so I cannot accept any player saying they have been forced out of a club.

I have never been somebody that has been interested in a flashy lifestyle, so maybe I just don't get it, but if I was genuinely happy somewhere, then I couldn't imagine turning down 140k a week to remain there.

While I agree completely with you Scott, I do also wonder if he wants to put as much money back in to poorer communities, like where he grew up, like Drogba did and still does with his foundation.

Also have we heard anywhere that Toni wants to stay? We have heard it out of the Christensen camp, but I do not remember Toni or anyone connected with him saying he does during this contract situation.

 

[axman2526]

Holy f**k and Maguire on 190k.

And worth every penny for our entertainment lol

 

[Argo]

Football wages are quite ridiculous ... it's absurd that a hundred and forty grand A f**kING WEEK isn't enough, and I get quite frustrated how blase everyone is about these telephone number salaries.  How on earth have we arrived in a situation where a footballer earns more in a week than 4 nurses do in a year ... and especially when the Covid-19 pandemic was supposed to be driving home which roles in life are actually important ... 

The answer is simple really, 40k people aren't reguarly watching them do their job with millions of people doing likewise through a screen. We can argue the morality till we're blue in the face but it's simply a case of supply and demand. Why do you think some celebrities get paid the best part of half a million to go on programmes like I'm a celebrity?

If we want this stopped or pay back at a "normal rate" then the first step would be football fans boycott games/BT/sky which simply isn't going happen.

This is why I always get annoyed when I hear stories of players wanting to stay at the club, but then also say they have been forced out due to the club not meeting their contract demands. 100k, 200k, 300k, these numbers will have you, your family and future generations set for life, so I cannot accept any player saying they have been forced out of a club.

I have never been somebody that has been interested in a flashy lifestyle, so maybe I just don't get it, but if I was genuinely happy somewhere, then I couldn't imagine turning down 140k a week to remain there.

But it could be the difference between setting up 3 generations of his family or 4.

Be angry with the system by all means but I don't think we should hold it against Rudi for trying to maximise his earnings. Let's not forget this time last year we would have happily seen him gone if a club slapped £30m on the table, loyalty is a two way street.

 

[Sexyfootball]

The answer is simple really, 40k people aren't reguarly watching them do their job with millions of people doing likewise through a screen. We can argue the morality till we're blue in the face but it's simply a case of supply and demand. Why do you think some celebrities get paid the best part of half a million to go on programmes like I'm a celebrity?

If we want this stopped or pay back at a "normal rate" then the first step would be football fans boycott games/BT/sky which simply isn't going happen.

But it could be the difference between setting up 3 generations of his family or 4.

Be angry with the system by all means but I don't think we should hold it against Rudi for trying to maximise his earnings. Let's not forget this time last year we would have happily seen him gone if a club slapped £30m on the table, loyalty is a two way street.

It all got out of hand with the Sky money ... players from previous generations in my life time were very well compensated for performing in the spotlight without it being as absurd as it is now ... I don't hold it against Rudiger either. He is merely a topical example as his contract situation is ongoing. The players and their agents have done well to exploit a situation where the man on the street was relieved of a big chunk of monthly change by Sky to watch what he already had before, and that money was passed on to the clubs, who inexplicably handed all of it and more straight to all the players and their greedy agents. Genii is well out of the bottle now sadly ... the conversation is all "should he have 140 or 200 a week ?" and the absurdity of even his current 120 is never debated. 

 

[axman2526]

The answer is simple really, 40k people aren't reguarly watching them do their job with millions of people doing likewise through a screen. We can argue the morality till we're blue in the face but it's simply a case of supply and demand. Why do you think some celebrities get paid the best part of half a million to go on programmes like I'm a celebrity?

If we want this stopped or pay back at a "normal rate" then the first step would be football fans boycott games/BT/sky which simply isn't going happen.

But it could be the difference between setting up 3 generations of his family or 4.

Be angry with the system by all means but I don't think we should hold it against Rudi for trying to maximise his earnings. Let's not forget this time last year we would have happily seen him gone if a club slapped £30m on the table, loyalty is a two way street.

Fair points @Argo . Cannot really expect Rudiger to have the same pull to stay as a Mount, James or even Christensen. 

Only been here 4 and a bit years, not a Chelsea fan as a kid.

 

[chiefBlueCFC]

I hope we are able to keep Rudi at the club, but everything I have seen doesn't pain a rosy picture for Chelsea. Rudi is one of those players, like Diego Costa, that you know has your back and will go to war for the club. Gonna be a tough character to replace but we got guys that are willing to fight for the badge in Reece, Mason and Trevoh to name a few.

 

[strider6004]

Rudi has done well at the club, makes the odd error though think has a big effect in the dressing room.

Always makes you wonder where the next player with that drive will come from.

 

[erskblue]

 

[axman2526]

Wonder how well either Trev or AC could play the LCB role, cause I reckon Toni would thrive taking Ben's spot while he is out. 

 

[weetee]

Nah, leave Rüdiger alone! He's thriving in this particular position - no experiments there, please. (Not gonna happen anyway I reckon). 

Fabulous player in the form of his life - crossing fingers but will shed a little tear when he leaves after this season.

 

[turnyitb]

 i had to check the calendar, for a moment i thought it was the 1st of April! 

Play Rudi LWB oh please !!!!

 

[axman2526]

 i had to check the calendar, for a moment i thought it was the 1st of April! 

Play Rudi LWB oh please !!!!

Yeah cause he does not spend a lot of the games in a forward position on the left

 

[turnyitb]

Yeah cause he does not spend a lot of the games in a forward position on the left

oh why not then aye. 

Alonso is more than capable of filling that position. why people look to put square pegs in round holes i don’t know. 

 

[PloKoon13]

In addition to Rudi being a poor fit (epecially considering we have the likes of Alonso in the squad), the last player we want to shunt out of position is our only specialist left-sided centre back. There is nobody else in the squad who can replace Rudi in the starting XI, whereas we have a number of players who could feasibly do a job in place of Chilwell.

 

[axman2526]

In addition to Rudi being a poor fit (epecially considering we have the likes of Alonso in the squad), the last player we want to shunt out of position is our only specialist left-sided centre back. There is nobody else in the squad who can replace Rudi in the starting XI, whereas we have a number of players who could feasibly do a job in place of Chilwell.

Given he looks likely to be off in the summer, we are hopefully working on a solution to that. Perhaps the solution is Levi Colwill. Or perhaps one of Trev or AC take the spot.

 

[Deino]

Should have scored at the end there. 

 

[Scott Harris]

Should have scored at the end there. 

Yep, but this is what happens when you're relying on your defenders to score the goals all of the time, they will often miss those types of chances.

 

[axman2526]

Will be interested to see how no chilwell affects Rudis form.

 

[axman2526]

Some reports out there have said that Toni has told TT and the club's hierarchy that he is not interested in discussing a new deal anymore as the club are not getting near to what he wants and he feels insulted by being offered less than Kepa, Timo and others who don't offer to the team as much as him.

Real Madrid are current favorites to sign him.

 

[ducavis]

Some reports out there have said that Toni has told TT and the club's hierarchy that he is not interested in discussing a new deal anymore as the club are not getting near to what he wants and he feels insulted by being offered less than Kepa, Timo and others who don't offer to the team as much as him.

Real Madrid are current favorites to sign him.

If that is true, then good luck to him. Contracts don’t work that way, and anyone you are signing on big fees will be on significant wage increase compared to what they were on at their previous clubs. That isn’t a good bargaining point.

If he leaves I am convinced we will get someone in more than capable of filling the void. Would love to see him at a Madrid/Bayern, and watch him get exposed in a back 4.