Rudiger, a Chelsea player, reacts to the heroic welcome he received in Sierra Leone.

Antonio Rudiger is now in Sierra Leone and can’t stop talking about the kind welcome he received.

The defender landed in the country just hours ago to create a foundation and was greeted with the kind of adoration that only a celebrity deserves.

Even before he arrived, hundreds of people gathered at the airport, yelling his name.

When he saw the mob that had gathered to greet him, the German international, whose mother is from Africa, said he was dumbfounded.