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title: "Everton: Toffees turned down Antonio Rudiger"
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author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Everton"
published: "2020-10-19T18:00:38Z"
modified: "2020-10-19T18:00:38Z"
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# Everton: Toffees turned down Antonio Rudiger

**[According to The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/2144087/2020/10/19/ings-contract-pickford-van-dijk-rodon-bale/), [Everton](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-news/) turned down the chance to sign Antonio Rudiger this summer.**

### **Not interested in Rudiger**

Rudiger looked certain to leave Chelsea, with both [Tottenham](https://theathletic.com/2111049/2020/10/03/antonio-rudiger-chelsea-open-spurs-loan-transfer-tottenham/) and the Toffees apparently interested in the 27-year-old Germany international. However, in the end, he stayed put at Stamford Bridge, with Carlo Ancelotti instead bringing in Ben Godfrey from Norwich City.

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Everton apparently checked in with the Blues, but were put off by the price Chelsea set to take the player on a season-long loan. They wanted a £5m flat fee, whilst they also asked interested parties to pay the former AS Roma man’s £150,000-a-week wages.

### **Not worth the risk for Ancelotti**

Rudiger may be a big name, and with 35 international caps, he is certainly trusted by Germany manager Joachim Low, but this deal would have made little sense to the Toffees. After all, the [£27m-valued](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/antonio-rudiger/marktwertverlauf/spieler/86202) 27-year-old – as per Transfermarkt – was part of a side that conceded [54](https://www.skysports.com/premier-league-table/2019) goals in the Premier League last term.

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Last season, he managed a WhoScored rating of just [6.78](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/104010/History/Antonio-R%C3%BCdiger) in the league, and the fact he has [not played a single minute](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/antonio-rudiger/leistungsdaten/spieler/86202) this season in five top-tier matches shows that he is not really in Frank Lampard’s plans. Given how Everton are doing at the moment, this clearly looks to have been the right decision.

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