Barcelona & AS Roma want Antonio Rüdiger on loan

According to Kicker, Barcelona and former club AS Roma are interested in taking 27-year-old central-defender Antonio Rüdiger on loan from Chelsea.

As reported by The Telegraph earlier today, the Germany international has fallen down the pecking order at Premier League club Chelsea and is no longer willing to accept his role at the London club with the European Championship just one year away.

Andreas Christensen, Thiago Silva, Kurt Zouma and Fikayo Tomori are all ahead of Rüdiger at Chelsea and if Rüdiger wants to keep his place in the Germany national team, he has to be playing.

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