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Antonio Rudiger

Reports suggests that we're offering him 8m/year but he wants 12m/year.

250k/week salary for a CB is a bit bonkers to be honest. That's an unnecessary bump to everyone's salary if we sign him on that

 
Deino said:
Reports suggests that we're offering him 8m/year but he wants 12m/year.

250k/week salary for a CB is a bit bonkers to be honest. That's an unnecessary bump to everyone's salary if we sign him on that
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If true we made him a fair offer and if he gets that elsewhere then good luck to him.

 
Deino said:
Reports suggests that we're offering him 8m/year but he wants 12m/year.

250k/week salary for a CB is a bit bonkers to be honest. That's an unnecessary bump to everyone's salary if we sign him on that
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Glad fans are waking up to this instead of demanding the club pay him what he wants.

 
He has upped his game since Tuchel came in but it looks like the end of the road. If reports of Havertz and Werner's contracts are to be believed, you can't really blame Rudiger for demanding 12 a year. He has a lot of leverage in the negotiations but I think he can be replaced. I just hope Tuchel is happy with the replacement and this doesn't cause a rift with the board.

 
axman2526 said:
I wonder if he gets that deal would he be the highest paid CB in the game?
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It would be in the realm. Vvd, De Ligt, Marquinhos are all up there. 

That's the kind of wages you pay a great defender, in their prime, who also happens to be your club captain. We recently conceded against Burnley because he fell asleep at the back and never pushed up with the line. No way is he worth that money. 

 
Deino said:
Varane is the highest currently at 340k/week.
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Think Alaba at Madrid is the highest at £359k/w.

TheSage said:
He has upped his game since Tuchel came in but it looks like the end of the road. If reports of Havertz and Werner's contracts are to be believed, you can't really blame Rudiger for demanding 12 a year. He has a lot of leverage in the negotiations but I think he can be replaced. I just hope Tuchel is happy with the replacement and this doesn't cause a rift with the board.
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He can’t actually be demanding parity with Havertz & Werner because they had more than 2 seasons of proven quality in the Bundesliga, we were competing with other clubs for their services & were already on high wages at their previous clubs. Rudiger is demanding £240k/w; more than twice what he is on currently based on a half-full season body of work since he has been here. VVD is on a newly improved £220k/w for comparison. And like Deino pointed out, you do that & Christensen who is intentionally stalling to see what we pay Rudiger will increase his demands. James & Mount will also will be demanding more than 2x what they each currently earn.

 
ducavis said:
Think Alaba at Madrid is the highest at £359k/w.

He can’t actually be demanding parity with Havertz & Werner because they had more than 2 seasons of proven quality in the Bundesliga, we were competing with other clubs for their services & were already on high wages at their previous clubs. Rudiger is demanding £240k/w; more than twice what he is on currently based on a half-full season body of work since he has been here. VVD is on a newly improved £220k/w for comparison. And like Deino pointed out, you do that & Christensen who is intentionally stalling to see what we pay Rudiger will increase his demands. James & Mount will also will be demanding more than 2x what they each currently earn.
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Well, reports suggest Werner and Havertz are on close to 20m Euros a year, so if Rudiger is demanding 12m, it's not really parity and not that unreasonable. It is only a matter of time before the other players demand massive contracts too if the reports are to be believed. Neither Havertz nor Werner has set the world alight since their signing, so it's only normal for other players who are performing arguably better to demand comparable wages. Even if the players themselves don't demand said wages, their agents will.  Rudiger was only really bad during the latter days of Lampard's reign, but has been decent for us otherwise.

 
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TheSage said:
Well, reports suggest Werner and Havertz are on close to 20m Euros a year, so if Rudiger is demanding 12m, it's not really parity and not that unreasonable. It is only a matter of time before the other players demand massive contracts too if the reports are to be believed. Neither Havertz nor Werner has set the world alight since their signing, so it's only normal for other players who are performing arguably better to demand comparable wages. Even if the players themselves don't demand said wages, their agents will.  Rudiger was only really bad during the latter days of Lampard's reign, but has been decent for us otherwise.
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No they are not! Our highest earner is Lukaku on £325k/w, Havertz is on about half of that. We gave them those wages because we were competing with the Liverpool’s, Bayern’s & Madrid for their services. 
Rudiger has only ever been decent bar last season. Under Conte, Cahill  & Azpi were better, and Under Sarri, Luiz was the standout defender. I just don’t see how a CL trophy translates into a double your wages contract. 

 
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 ... 

 
Sexyfootball said:
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 ... 
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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.

 
Scott Harris said:
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.
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And in the case of Mr Rudiger, unless he has been unbelievably bad with money, he must ALREADY be set for life, and probably the next three generations of his family as well. This new contract is merely the icing on an extremely large and highly calorific cake !

 
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