{"id":3473,"date":"2022-04-01T08:38:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T08:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/antonio-rudiger-chelsea-defenders-agent-meets-with-barcelona-over-potential-summer-move-sky-sports\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T08:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T08:38:25","slug":"antonio-rudiger-chelsea-defenders-agent-meets-with-barcelona-over-potential-summer-move-sky-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/01\/antonio-rudiger-chelsea-defenders-agent-meets-with-barcelona-over-potential-summer-move-sky-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Rudiger: Chelsea defender&#039;s agent meets with Barcelona over potential summer move &#8211; Sky Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                             <a href=\"\/football\"                                 class=\"sdc-site-localnav__header-title\" data-role=\"nav-header\"                                 aria-controls=\"sdc-site-localnav-body\" aria-expanded=\"false\">                                 <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 34 34\" class=\"sdc-site-localnav__icon\">                                     <path                                         d=\"M6.02 12.67c.01.194.087.362.247.525l.188.192L16.52 23.45c.188.19.44.294.706.294s.518-.104.707-.293l10.135-10.134.123-.126c.162-.163.24-.332.248-.53.006-.173-.155-.438-.442-.725-.187-.187-.386-.368-.59-.537-.05-.04-.096-.078-.138-.11l-.496.495-9.193 9.193-.355.354-.354-.354-9.197-9.198-.484-.484c-.043.033-.09.07-.14.112-.204.168-.402.348-.59.536-.285.288-.446.553-.44.727z\" \/>                                 <\/svg>Football                             <\/a>                         <br \/>Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger out of contract at Stamford Bridge this summer; Chelsea currently unable to renew centre-back&#8217;s contract due to government sanctions on owner Roman Abramovich; Barcelona keen to sign Rudiger; Cesar Azpilicueta triggered contract extension until 2023<br \/>Thursday 31 March 2022 15:35, UK<br \/>Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Rudiger&#8217;s agent met with Barcelona officials on Wednesday over a potential summer move to the Nou Camp.<br \/>The adviser and half-brother of Rudiger, Sahr Senesie, met with Barca sporting director Mateu Alemany and his deputy Jordi Cruyff for secret negotiations in a restaurant in Barcelona.<br \/>The meeting lasted for three hours in which they sat together drinking wine and water, discussing a potential move for Rudiger to Barca in the summer.<br \/>The Spanish giants are ready to go full throttle to sign the defender on a free transfer as he fits exactly into the requirement profile of the Catalans.<br \/>Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old&#8217;s current contract expires in the summer so he can talk to clubs outside of England with Rudiger&#8217;s representatives also remaining in dialogue with other top European clubs, including Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.<br \/>Negotiations with Chelsea on a contract extension have stalled for over nine months, but staying at Chelsea has not been ruled out with much depending on the resolution of the ownership of the club.<br \/>Currently, Chelsea are unable to act due to sanctions against Russian owner Roman Abramovich.<br \/>               Chelsea fixtures             <br \/>               Latest Chelsea news             <br \/>               Get Sky Sports             <br \/>               Live football on Sky Sports this week             <br \/>Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11065\/12573465\/antonio-rudiger-two-premier-league-clubs-monitoring-chelsea-defender-as-juventus-firm-up-interest\"><em>Sky Sports News<\/em> reported earlier this month Juventus have also proposed a deal<\/a> &#8211; while two Premier League clubs are keeping an eye on his situation.<br \/>A final decision on his next club is unlikely to be made until the summer.<br \/>Cesar Azpilicueta&#8217;s contract at Chelsea has been extended until the summer of 2023.<br \/>The Spain defender reached the minimum number of games needed to trigger an automatic one-year extension earlier this month.<br \/>His deal was due to expire on June 30 &#8211; one of four Chelsea players in this situation along with Rudiger, Andreas Christensen and Charly Musonda.<br \/>Barcelona have an interest in the 32-year-old Azpilicueta and centre-back Christensen.<br \/>Reports in Spain claim Christensen has verbally agreed to join Barcelona &#8211; but <em>Sky Sports News <\/em>understands Christensen has not informed Chelsea if this is the case.<br \/>With Azpilicueta now requiring a transfer fee to sign him, Barca are currently focusing their attentions on signing Ajax right-back Noussair Mazraoui, who is also set to become a free agent,<br \/>However, they face strong competition from Bayern Munich.<br \/>Follow every Chelsea game in the Premier League this season with our live blogs on the Sky Sports website and app, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11065\/11779522\/premier-league-goals-and-highlights-how-to-watch-with-sky-sports\"><strong>watch match highlights for free<\/strong><\/a> shortly after full-time.<br \/>Want the Chelsea latest? 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Play for free, entries by 3pm.<br \/>                   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skysports.com\" class=\"svg-logo site-footer__site-logo\">                       <img class=\"svg-logo__image\" alt=\"Sky Sports\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/tvlogos\/channels\/Sky-Sports-Logo.svg\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;this.src='https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/tvlogos\/channels\/Sky-Sports-Logo.png'\">                   <\/a>                   \u00a9 2022 Sky UK               <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11668\/12578782\/antonio-rudiger-chelsea-defenders-agent-meets-with-barcelona-over-potential-summer-move\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger out of contract at Stamford Bridge this summer; Chelsea currently unable to renew centre-back&#8217;s contract due to government sanctions on owner Roman Abramovich; Barcelona keen to sign Rudiger; Cesar Azpilicueta triggered contract extension until 2023Thursday 31 March 2022 15:35, UKPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Antonio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}