West Ham And Chelsea Transfer Target Antonio Rudiger To Spark Fresh Monaco Bid

The wealthy French outfit are set to go back in for the 21-year-old Stuttgart and Germany defender having already had a £12million offer rejected

French resolution? Chelsea and West Ham look set to miss out on Rudiger

Monaco are determined to land highly-rated West Ham target Antonio Rudiger.

Chelsea are also among a number of high-profile Premier League clubs to have shown an interest in the 21-year-old defender.

But the French outfit have already had a £12million bid rejected and intend to make another to keep the rising star out of the clutches of the Premier League.

The Hammers, who made a bid of up to £8m for the centre-back earlier this summer, have fallen behind in the race for Rudiger’s services and have given up on landing the player.

Regarded as one of the brightest young defensive talents in Europe, Rudiger has already been capped by world champions Germany this year.

His club, Stuttgart, maintain he is not for sale as he still has three years left to run on his contract.

Earlier this week, Stuttgart's director of sport said: “[Manager] Armin Veh and I both agree that we want to Antonio Rudiger leave under any circumstances. We need sporting quality and he has it.”