REVEALED: Rudiger had agreed to a new Chelsea contract in 2020, but Marina canceled it for one big reason
As we all know Antonio Rudiger is set to leave Chelsea for Real Madrid this summer. His contract with the Blues expires and talks about extending it reached a dead end.
However, according to Goal, revealed that, In the beginning of the 2020/21 season, Rudiger ‘verbally agreed’ to a one-year extension. It would have kept his salary at £100,000-a-week with his contract now running until 2022. The offer was made at the time Toni was Chelsea’s fifth-choice centre-back.
However, Marina Granovskaia dismissed the agreement last-minute when Rudiger asked for a ‘small signing-on bonus’.
As Rudiger became a key player under Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea re-started the talks in August 2021. They offered him a £140,000-a-week salary. The players’ camp considered the offer not good enough.
The Blues initially made him an offer he wanted but it was too late, partly due to the sanctions imposed on the club and partly due to his negotiations with Real Madrid.