EPL: I hate playing against Chelsea defender Rudiger, says Newcastle ace, Wilson
Newcastle United forward, Callum Wilson, has admitted that he does not enjoy taking on Antonio Rudiger.
The Chelsea centre-half, who is out of contract in the summer, has been linked to Newcastle in recent days.
Rudiger has established himself as a world-class defender in recent years, especially in Thomas Tuchel’s three-at-the-back system.
“He’s one player who loves to wrestle with you, loves to fight with you on the pitch. He’s a good player to have battles against,” Wilson said of Rudiger on the Footballer’s Footballer podcast.
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“He always talks on the pitch. He loves trash talking. Everyone I’ve spoken to says he’s such a nice guy off the pitch… then on the pitch he’s someone who you hate – so annoying and frustrating. But that’s the sign of a top centre-half.”
“He’s my boy. Such a cool guy. He will literally talk to me during the game,” said West Ham United’s Michail Antonio on the same podcast.
“He’ll go, ‘don’t try that, not with me’. I knocked it down the line for him, and man is quick, then I’ve gone to shoulder barge him. It was evens, no one lost. He was like, ‘not with me, not with me Mikey!’.”