Chelsea icon admits he 'really wanted to leave' club after being exiled by Frank Lampard | NHT8V51 | 2024-02-26 16:08:01
Antonio Rudiger says he 'actually needed to go away Chelsea' after getting surprisingly exiled from the first-team by Frank Lampard.
The defender moved to Stamford Bridge in 2017, and after five successful years he joined Real Madrid on a free transfer.
For probably the most half, the 30-year-old was a rock at the back for Chelsea, making 203 appearances and profitable the Champions League, FA Cup, Europa League and Membership World Cup.
But towards the top of Lampard's first spell in the dugout, Rudiger discovered himself on the fringes of the staff, scarcely that includes in the first-half of the 2020/21 season.
The German international has now opened up a bit of on his time enjoying beneath the Blues legend, revealing that he needed out of west London, telling Goal.com: 'To be trustworthy, I still can't say exactly what happened back then. That's part of soccer.
'Perhaps he [Lampard] had different concepts or saw different players better. However the advantage of soccer is that the reply is on the pitch and I feel I gave the right one.'
Asked if he or some other Chelsea stars 'performed towards the manager' on the time, he replied: 'Nothing like that has ever happened in my career. I even played beneath Lampard again at the end of his tenure.
'Let me put it this manner: if it doesn't fit sooner or later, then it doesn't fit anymore. But no footballer on this world loses on function.'
Sarcastically, Rudiger claims that he was determined to sign for Thomas Tuchel's PSG in January 2021, just for his fellow German to switch Lampard at Chelsea the next month.
'I really needed to go away. I needed to go away. I needed to hitch Thomas Tuchel at Paris Saint-Germain, that was my wish.
'However it didn't occur and 6 months later Tuchel came from PSG to Chelsea. We then gained the Champions League together. It was in all probability meant to be.
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'I in all probability simply fitted in higher together with his concept of football and he also really favored me as a man. That I can take the lead and cleared the path.
'I obtained on notably nicely with him. His trustworthy method merely suited me. Additionally, once I take a look at his tactical understanding: Wow!'
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