Chelsea Transfer News: Latest Rumours on Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger

Chelsea will not sell centre-back Andreas Christensen despite interest from Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City, according to Borussia Monchengladbach sporting director Max Eberl.

The Danish defender has been on loan at Gladbach since July 2015 and has established himself as one of the Bundesliga’s top defenders—he won the club’s player of the season award for 2015-16.

His form has seen him linked with the likes of Bayern, Barca and City, while Gladbach are eager to keep him past the end of his loan spell in 2017.

But Eberl believes Chelsea will resist any approaches for Christensen, 20, and he will return to Stamford Bridge in the summer, per Anthony Chapman in the Sun:

It will be a hard task but I am hopeful that we can [keep him]. We probably won’t buy him but maybe there’s another way. And even if he has only been with us for two years, that would be a great story.

He’s a top player. Chelsea are taking care of those players they’ve loaned out very well. Andreas has said: “If I can start matches for Chelsea, I will go back.”

He’ll be a world-class player. Chelsea are not going to sell such a player to Barcelona or Bayern. So, another way is still …

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