Bayern Munich are the latest club to show interest in signing Rudiger if Chelsea fail to offer a new deal to their star defender, according to a report from Goal.

Bayern Munich have joined the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid as clubs who could sign the 28-year-old next summer. According to the aforementioned source, Bayern have been in contact with Rudiger's brother and agent Sahr Senesie. However, the talks are pretty much in their initial stages.

Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann is hoping to sign a new defender to replace Niklas Sule. Similar to Rudiger's situation at Chelsea, Sule has a contract expiring in the summer of 2022.

When asked recently about the possibility of signing Antonio Rudiger from Chelsea, Nagelsmann said:

“I'm generally not a big fan of talking about players who are under contract elsewhere, and besides, we're outside the transfer period."

“I'm talking about him now as a football fan because he is a German senior international," he added. 

"He has made a super development. Thomas [Tuchel] has handled him extremely well - he was still on the sidelines at Chelsea a year ago and is now certainly one of their most decisive players."