Football rumours: Thomas Tuchel leads charge to keep Antonio Rudiger at Chelsea

Tuchel is pushing for a better offer to be made to Rudiger, whose contract at Stamford Bridge expires next summer

Antonio Rudiger and Bernd Leno (John Walton/ Frank Augstein/PA)

What the papers say

Thomas Tuchel wants to head off Tottenham’s interest in Antonio Rudiger by having Chelsea offer the centre-back a new deal, according to the Express. The paper says the manager is pushing for a better offer to be made to the 28-year-old, whose contract at Stamford Bridge expires next summer, following the Germany defender’s rejection of the Blues’ first offer.