Chelsea Star Pays Touching Tribute to Antonio Rudiger Ahead of Departure

Chelsea Star Pays Touching Tribute to Antonio Rudiger Ahead of Departure

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:01 PM
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  • Strong German defender Antonio Rudiger will be departing Premier League side Chelsea in the summer
  • Jorginho has however claimed that all the Chelsea players will miss the central defender when he leaves
  • Antonio Rudiger was superb last season helping Chelsea to win the Champions League beating Man City in final

Jorginho has paid tribute to Chelsea teammate Antonio Rudiger claiming that the Premier League giants will miss the Germany international ahead of his imminent departure.

Thomas Tuchel who is the handler of Premier League side Chelsea has confirmed that the strong defender will be leaving Stamford Bridge at the end of the season with Real Madrid said to be his likely destination.

Antonio Rudiger who has been an important player in the Chelsea team is expected to leave the London based club on a free transfer this summer.

Jorginho, Antonio Rudiger, Chelsea.
Jorginho says Chelsea will miss Antonio Rudiger. Photo by Robin Jones
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According to the report on Daily Mail, Jorginho who has also been impressive for Chelsea this season explained that the Blues will miss Antonio Rudiger.

Jorginho's statement about Antonio Rudiger

"He's a big personality and he's helped us a lot.
"We've had amazing times here; he's a good friend of mine and of course if he leaves everyone at the club will miss him, not just me."

When did Antonio Rudiger join Chelsea?

Antonio Rudiger moved to Premier League side Chelsea from Roma in 2017 and the big central defender has featured in 127 games for the Blues netting nine goals.

Details emerge of how Chelsea refused to pay Alisson’s fee and ended up paying more for Kepa

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Chelsea refused to pay the asking fee of 66.8 million euros to sign Alisson Becker in 2018. Details have emerged of how The Blues were reluctant to part with such a huge amount of money, only to spend more on Kepa Arrizabalaga.

Kepa’s time in England has come under intense scrutiny, with the goalkeeper failing to live up to his hefty price tag. He is currently the most expensive goalkeeper after Chelsea forked out 71.6 million euros.

He is the third-most-expensive Chelsea transfer after Romelu Lukaku and Kai Havertz.

Both Liverpool and Chelsea were in the hunt for new goalkeepers due to contrasting reasons. Loris Karius magnanimous blunders in the 2018 Champions League final made Jurgen Klopp ditch him as his preferred goalkeeper. Chelsea, meanwhile, had lost Belgian Thibaut Courtois to Real Madrid.

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