Tuchel provides contract updates on Christensen and Rudiger
Martin Macdonald
- 19 Nov 2021 11:58 GMT
- 3 min read
Chelsea are currently sweating over the respective futures of defenders Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger.
Both players, who are first team players at the club, have contracts which expire in the summer of 2022.
Not only are Chelsea facing the possibility of losing the pair, but also losing them without receiving transfer fees.
Christensen and Rudiger have 18 Premier League starts between them in the 2021/22 campaign so far.
When asked on Friday how negotiations over extensions were progressing, Tuchel said:
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"Things are very mature and respectful and clear. Of course there are some delays with Toni and Andreas at the moment.
"For Andreas, from my point of view, everybody wants the same thing. The coach wants the same thing, the club wants the same thing and the player wants the same thing.
"Hopefully and obviously I expect some good news in the next days but every case is different.
"You can end up in situations like this but the situations are handled from all sides very carefully, very professionally, very calm and mature.
"During the process we can produce performances that we need to fulfill our goals and that's the most important."
Focus on Rudiger
Rudiger is apparently wanted by a number of elite sides around Europe including Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid.
Tuchel says it is clear that the club want to keep the Germany international around, and that the player knows how valued he is at Stamford Bridge.
"We know that, of course," he responded when asked if it would be better if Rudiger's future was decided sooner rather than later.
"It is pretty clear what we want but it is not like this in football when the club wants something and things happen.
"You have to accept that sometimes it can arrive and you end up in sitautions where things are in a delay and take time but I am very sure that Toni feels also how respected and what an important role he plays in this club."
