FC Bayern hammer: Chelsea star rejects new contract - because he wants to go to Munich?

For days there have been persistent rumors of a Chelsea star at Bayern.

He is said to have rejected a new contract with the Blues.

It's about astronomical sums.

Munich / London - The name Antonio Rüdiger * has haunted Säbener Strasse for some time. In the past few days, the once loose rumors became a tangible transfer topic. Even Julian Nagelsmann let himself be carried away to make a statement before the Bundesliga game against Greuther Fürth *. The new Bayern coach raved about Rüdiger's “aggressiveness” and jokingly announced that he would see if “there is still money in his wallet”. Now two media reports are fueling the flirtation - and in fact everything seems to be a question of the wallet.

The first media report comes from Germany.

-Football boss Christian Falk reported in his podcast "Bayern-Insider" that the 28-year-old defender of the Blues is "quite open" for a move to FC Bayern *.

Rüdiger's contract in London expires at the end of the season - and the contract talks with Chelsea FC would "not go ideally," said Falk.

Accordingly, the national player demands an annual salary of more than ten million euros, but the reigning CL winner offers his courted defensive edge only 8.5 million euros.

FC Bayern: Antonio Rüdiger is said to have rejected a new contract offer from Chelsea

The

aims in a similar direction

. The British newspaper reports that Rüdiger recently rejected a new contract offer from Chelsea *. The reason should be fundamentally different salary expectations. While the

offer mentioned

in the

(130,000 pounds per week, i.e. almost eight million euros annually) is still more or less in line with the

information, Rüdiger's salary expectations, which are mentioned in the report, go beyond all boundaries.

Rüdiger's consultant is planning a contract for 400,000 pounds (460,000 euros) per week, according to the

.

That would be almost 24 million euros a year.

The paper claims to have found out that the German DFB kicker wants to become “one of the best paid defenders” and that it can only achieve that through a change.

The

names

FC Bayern Munich and Juventus Turin

as targeted goals

.

FC Bayern: How much salary would Munich-based Antonio Rüdiger offer?

Both Nagelsmann and Rüdiger * denied that there had already been concrete talks between Rüdiger and FC Bayern - this is simply forbidden during the season.

Rüdiger's adviser and half-brother Sahr Senesie was reportedly already in contact with the Munich-based company.

The fact that FC Bayern would offer a defender more than 20 million euros per year is more than questionable after the failed contract negotiations with David Alaba * and the latest statements by Bayern President Herbert Hainer *.

In addition to the German record champions, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are also considered interested parties - and it is well known that the wallet is loose there.