{"id":1029915,"date":"2026-06-16T09:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1029915\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:54:17","slug":"germany-defender-antonio-rudiger-officially-extends-real-madrid-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1029915\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany defender Antonio R\u00fcdiger officially extends Real Madrid contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German centre-back Antonio R\u00fcdiger has officially extended his contract with Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old\u2019s deal, which was set to expire this summer, has been extended by a further year until 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/teams\/stuttgart\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:VfB Stuttgart;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;VfB Stuttgart&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VfB Stuttgart<\/a>, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/teams\/roma\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:AS Roma;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;AS Roma&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AS Roma<\/a> and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/teams\/chelsea\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chelsea;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Chelsea&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> defender has been with Real Madrid since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently representing Germany at the World Cup and came on for 17 minutes in their 7-1 opening win over <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/teams\/curacao\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cura\u00e7ao;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cura\u00e7ao&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cura\u00e7ao<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German centre-back Antonio R\u00fcdiger has officially extended his contract with Real Madrid. 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