Chelsea defender Toni Rudiger will bank a massive £60m from joining Real Madrid as a free agent this summer.

The defender is on his way from Chelsea to the Spanish giants and the transfer could be announced as early as this week, says The Sun.

German Rudiger, 29, has agreed a four-year deal that, when wages and signing-on fee are combined, averages out at nearly £300,000 a week.

It eclipses what Chelsea were willing to offer to keep their star centre-half and boss Thomas Tuchel will now turn his attention to plotting to sign a replacement.

The club is currently operating under a special licence granted by the Government in light of sanctions being imposed on Russian owner Roman Abramovich.

They are banned from buying and selling players and negotiating new deals with existing ones and that has hampered attempts to hold on to stars like Rudiger.

Chelsea were prepared to make him the highest-paid defender in their history with more than £200k- a-week wages but it was not enough.