Antonio Rudiger makes Real Madrid contract decision as Man City star 'explores' Bernabeu move

Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger has reportedly reached an statement implicit a caller declaration with the Spanish giants.

Rudiger's existent woody is acceptable to expire astatine the extremity of the season, leaving him astatine hazard of becoming a escaped cause successful the summer.

However, according to AS, Rudiger has agreed presumption with Real Madrid implicit a caller one-year woody to support him astatine the Santiago Bernabeu until the summertime of 2027.

Rudiger was keen to marque it a two-year contract, but helium has accepted Real Madrid's argumentation of lone offering one-year extensions to players implicit 30.

The 33-year-old, who has made 182 appearances for Los Blancos, has antecedently turned down proposals from Saudi Arabia, believing that helium inactive has overmuch to connection successful a Real Madrid shirt.

Gvardiol's campy 'exploring' Real Madrid move

Another study by the aforesaid newspaper claims that Manchester City defender Josko Gvardiol has been offered to Real Madrid up of the summertime window.

Gvardiol's representatives are said to beryllium 'exploring imaginable destinations', and Real Madrid appears to beryllium 1 of the clubs connected the defender's radar. 

From Real Madrid's perspective, they are semipermanent admirers of the Croatia international, but are not actively pursuing a transportation astatine this stage.

There is besides important uncertainty arsenic to whether Man City volition beryllium unfastened to selling a subordinate they paid €90m (£77m) to motion from RB Leipzig successful 2023.

Gvardiol's adjacent steps could beryllium influenced by the expected departure of Man City brag Pep Guardiola astatine the extremity of the season. 

Real Madrid's cardinal antiaircraft situation 

The Citizens are not the lone large European nine acceptable to commencement adjacent play with a caller manager, with Jose Mourinho acceptable to regenerate Alvaro Arbeloa successful the Real Madrid dugout up of the 2026-27 campaign.

Mourinho wants to bring successful reinforcements up of his 2nd spell successful charge, and the centre of Real Madrid's backline is 1 country helium volition surely look to strengthen.

David Alaba is acceptable to go a escaped cause this summer, Raul Asencio has been linked with a determination away, and Eder Militao's injury struggles person raised doubts implicit his quality to beryllium a cardinal subordinate successful the agelong term. 

That leaves Rudiger and Dean Huijsen arsenic Real Madrid's first-choice cardinal antiaircraft pairing and highlights a deficiency of extent successful that country of the pitch.