Chelsea's new signing Antonio Rudiger trolled within seconds of signing for the club on five-year deal

Most fans hadn't even realised he had agreed to sign

It didn't take long for Rudiger to be trolled (Getty )

Chelsea supporters have been waiting for weeks for the club to confirm the signature of German defender Antonio Rüdiger. And yet many were left distinctly unimpressed by the club’s official announcement of his arrival, made on Sunday afternoon.

The club decided to announce Rüdiger’s signature with a short video, posted to the club’s official Twitter page. The clip shows a father taking his young son into the Chelsea club shop and asking him what name he wants on the back of his new replica shirt.

“Rüdiger,” is the reply, to which the father says he can’t have the name of somebody who hasn’t yet signed for the club.

Cue the appearance of the 24-year-old defender, lurking rather menacingly in a darkened storeroom. “No worries, I’m a Chelsea player now,” Rüdiger says, while wearing the #2 shirt.

Naturally, it didn’t take long for the especially cringe worthy video to be mercilessly panned, but a number of Chelsea fans didn’t even bother to watch it before jumping to reply.

“WE ALRD KNOW RUDIGER IS SIGNING DAT TING; ANNOUNCE SOON,” was one of the first replies to the video, quickly followed by: “Oh, this was the announcement. I thought it was gonna be some lame ass video.”

“Yes, I fully ignored the video thinking it was some random one,” replied another impatient supporter.

Rüdiger also found himself trolled by fans within seconds of signing, as a number of Twitter users completely ignored the reveal to call for further signings.

“ANNOUNCE VAN DIJK,” one fan demanded, with another simply observing “That’s not Alex Sandro.”

Chelsea completed the signing of Rüdiger from Roma on a five-year deal, for a fee thought to be in the region of £34m.

"It’s a great feeling because not every player has the opportunity to join a huge club like this," Rüdiger told the club's official website.

"I am looking forward to meeting up with my new team-mates and I’m very proud to officially become a Chelsea player."