Chelsea target Antonio Rudiger arrives in London to complete medical ahead of £30million move

ANTONIO RUDIGER is at Chelsea to complete his medical and sign a £30million deal, according to reports.

The Roma defender appears set to snub Pep Guardiola's interest at Manchester City to sign with Antonio Conte's Premier League winners, .

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Blues boss Conte has been hot on the tail of Rudiger all transfer window, with the Italian desperate for a new defender following the departure of John Terry to Aston Villa.

The Germany star had played down talk of a transfer in the wake of his side's Confederations Cup win last weekend.

Rudiger, who stopped Chile going ahead early on in the final in Russia, said: "It's not about the future now, it's about enjoyment.

"I need to enjoy this moment and I'm enjoying it to the fullest.

"The rest we will see in the coming weeks."

Chelsea have looked firm favourites to land Rudiger since first being linked to him - but City made a last-ditch attempt to make him think of moving to the Etihad.

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Both sides had been tracking the 24-year-old for months with City on the verge of making an offer.

It was believed that Rudiger's agent flew into London last week to thrash out the final details of his man's contract.

And now it appears the Berlin-born star will put pen to paper on a switch imminently.

Antonio Rudiger factfile

• Born in Berlin, Germany, on March 3 1993.
• Started his senior career at VfB Stuttgart II in 2011.
• Spent a year there before being bumped up to VfB Stuttgart in 2012 where he stayed for three years.
• Roma signed Rudiger on loan on August 19 2015 and clubs agree on optional transfer fee at end of the one-year contract.
• Rudiger was eligible to play for Sierra Leone - his mother's homeland - as well as Germany.
• Makes his debut for the German national senior team on May 13 2014 in 0-0 draw against Poland.
• Wins Conferdations Cup with Germany, his first major honour.

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Rudiger had been part of a rumoured £125m plot by the Blues to land him, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Alex Sandro.

And SunSport told you how Rudiger was also considered as part of a £70m double swoop with Radja Nainggolan.