Chelsea face Real Madrid in the Champions League tonight in what is a huge game for both clubs.
It’s Chelsea’s chance to get something out of what has been a disastrous season really by their standards, but Real Madrid present a very tough opposition over the two legs and are firm favourites to go through.
Sources: Key Chelsea manager updates and plans to interview candidates!
The Blues will be coming up against one of their former players Antonio Rudiger tonight, who made the switch to Real Madrid recently.
Rudiger was one of the few leaders that Chelsea had at the club, and The Athletic have penned an article today on how much he is being missed at the club.
They state sources have spoken to senior players at Chelsea, and have gathered up some info based on that.
They claim that Rudiger still speaks to some of the current Chelsea players who are still at the club and the source believes the new Chelsea board would not have let him leave.
“He still messages some of his old team-mates,” the source told The Athletic. “The bond between the players who won the Champions League will never be broken. Rudiger is a hard man to replace. He should never have been allowed to leave. The new hierarchy know that, but the fact he did was not because of them.”
Chelsea main problem is they don’t have a leader on the course so Rudiger is sorely missed.