Manchester United are one of the clubs credited with an interest in Chelsea star Antonio Rüdiger.
On March 21st, French journalist Ignazio Genuardi reported the Blues defender is the ‘subject of pressure’ from the Red Devils.
Three days later, Bild reported Christian Falk explained the 29-year-old wants to talk to the new Manchester United manager before considering a switch to Old Trafford.
Last week, the English club officially announced Erik ten Hag as their new coach from next season. The centre-back, meanwhile, reportedly received an offer from Manchester United.
This has been reported by two sources in Germany.
On Sunday, Falk took to Twitter to report the Red Devils made an offer that included a net annual salary of €10m. The journalist made these claims before Thomas Tuchel confirmed on Sunday that the Germany international will likely leave Chelsea at the end of this season.
TRUE✅ @ToniRuediger will leave @ChelseaFC this summer. he turned down an offer of @ManUtd with a salary of 10 Mio net per year out of respect for Chelsea. an agreement with @realmadrid is expected within the next week @altobelli13
— Christian Falk (@cfbayern) April 24, 2022
Falk’s claims are further backed up by Sport1 chief reporter Patrick Berger on Monday. He states that Manchester United ‘made the best proposal’ to the former AS Roma man.
Both Falk and Berger are stating that Rüdiger has ‘turned down’ the offer from the Red Devils, ‘out of respect’ for Chelsea, as he doesn’t want to join another Premier League side.
Confirmed: Antonio Rüdiger is now close to join Real Madrid on a four-year-deal. Manchester United have made the best proposal with €10m net salary. But Toni turned it down as it was always clear for him to not play for another club in England after Chelsea FC. #MUFC @kerry_hau
— Patrick Berger (@berger_pj) April 25, 2022
Berger further explained the German is ‘close’ to joining Real Madrid on a free transfer in the summer.
