After a lengthy contract standoff with Chelsea, Antonio Rudiger is officially a Real Madrid player.
On paper, it seems like a fantastic piece of business for Los Blancos; the European champions have signed a top-class defender at his peak and arguably with his best years ahead of him – and they haven’t had to pay a penny by way of transfer fee.
It very much feels as though Chelsea’s loss will be Real Madrid‘s gain, but this is a move Rudiger truly earned having overhauled his reputation before enhancing it exponentially with some rock solid performances at the heart of Thomas Tuchel’s…
