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Antonio Rudiger: Chelsea sign Roma defender for a reported initial fee of £29m

Premier League champions Chelsea have signed Roma and Germany defender Antonio Rudiger on a five-year contract for a reported initial fee of £29m.

Rudiger, 24, completed the transfer a week after helping Germany win the Confederations Cup in Russia.

"It's a great feeling because not every player has the opportunity to join a huge club like this," said Rudiger.

Chelsea technical director Michael Emenalo said: "He is a player of proven quality."

Rudiger will take over the number two shirt left vacant after Branislav Ivanovic's departure to Zenit St Petersburg in February.

Awesome buy!!!

^^Agreed

Hopefully, this would open up the door for Nigerian Abdullahi Nura

Otitokoro wrote:Hopefully, this would open up the door for Nigerian Abdullahi Nura

Nura is a RB

Good job, Emenalo. Goes about his business with ruthless efficiency.

Chief Ogbunigwe wrote:Good job, Emenalo. Goes about his business with ruthless efficiency.

Like he did with lukaku

And which defensive position did Rudiger play while at AS Roma again?....

EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote:

Otitokoro wrote:Hopefully, this would open up the door for Nigerian Abdullahi Nura

Nura is a RB

Chief Ogbunigwe wrote:Good job, Emenalo. Goes about his business with ruthless efficiency.

is he assembling an all black premier league squad; Georgetown basketball team style

Has he bought any striker yet ?

eerhh! He bought a very physical defender in Lukaku.

danfo driver wrote:

Chief Ogbunigwe wrote:Good job, Emenalo. Goes about his business with ruthless efficiency.

Like he did with lukaku

That was Jose's botch job.

Emenalo gets you the players, but it is up to the manager to play or declare them surplus to requirements.

Chelsea still made tons of money on Lukaku, so kudos to Emenalo.

Solid defensive signing. If Duracell joins too, Chelsea will have a very solid base. Marcos Alonso has been cited as a weak link but chipped in with some important goals and was a decent outlet wide left. If rumours are to be believed, Sandro is being courted for the flying wingback role, is such an outlandish outlay necessary in such a position? A centre forward is a must, talk of Morata, for all the talent, surely the bargaining power has to be in the hands of the buyer. A backup dancer far from Mickie Jackson, how the hell Real are charging 70 odd is ridiculous.

truetalk wrote:

danfo driver wrote:

Chief Ogbunigwe wrote:Good job, Emenalo. Goes about his business with ruthless efficiency.

Like he did with lukaku

That was Jose's botch job.

Emenalo gets you the players, but it is up to the manager to play or declare them surplus to requirements.

Chelsea still made tons of money on Lukaku, so kudos to Emenalo.

e dey vex my bro Danfo say Emenalo fired Jose

Coach wrote:Solid defensive signing. If Duracell joins too, Chelsea will have a very solid base. Marcos Alonso has been cited as a weak link but chipped in with some important goals and was a decent outlet wide left. If rumours are to be believed, Sandro is being courted for the flying wingback role, is such an outlandish outlay necessary in such a position? A centre forward is a must, talk of Morata, for all the talent, surely the bargaining power has to be in the hands of the buyer. A backup dancer far from Mickie Jackson, how the hell Real are charging 70 odd is ridiculous.

I doubt Chelsea will break their wage structure to bring in a WB. Sandro to SB may just be a pipe dream.