Chelsea willing to sell Rudiger to Barcelona in January

Antonio Rudiger is again linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge.

Barcelona are in the market for a new defender incase Samuel Umtiti chooses to leave Camp Nou in the January transfer window.

According to Spanish outlet Sport, Ronald Koeman has added Rudiger to the number of potential targets for Barca.

Both Rudiger and Chelsea will be going ahead with a move if such an opportunity arises.

Rudiger told The Athletic last month: ‘The club didn’t tell me that it was absolutely necessary for me to find a new club and that they definitely didn’t have me in their plans for the next few months.

“I also turned down one or two options myself.

“I wasn’t prepared to pack it all in simply because I had been left out a few times. I enjoy living in London and like being at Chelsea.

“Naturally, I looked at a couple of options in the two weeks before the end of the transfer window.

“There was a possibility of a loan deal, in order for me to get more game time. Due to many different reasons and the shortage of time, nothing materialised in the end.”

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