Saturday, 12th July, 2014



The agent of Stuttgart defender Antonio Rudiger has admitted he knows FC Porto and West Ham are interested in his client.

The 21-year-old is attracting admiring glances, but his agent is clear that the final word over his future will be had by Stuttgart.




"We know about the interest of these two clubs", Uli Ferber admitted to the Stuttgarter Zeitung.

"But we leave things to VfB, to who Toni is under contract."

 


West Ham are ready to pay €5m to sign Rudiger, while Porto have been mooted as being prepared to go up to €10m to secure the highly-rated defender.

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Stuttgart however have vowed not to be moved despite what offers land for Rudiger this summer.

West Ham sent an email, asking if the Stuttgart are ready to sell Rudiger, to which the club's sporting director, Jochen Schneider is clear on the response given: "We rejected it straight away."

Rudiger, who spent time in the youth ranks with Borussia Dortmund before joining Stuttgart, made his senior Germany debut earlier this year.

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