Chelsea Transfer News: €25m German Wants Blues Move

With the summer transfer window in full swing, Football Talk will be keeping you up-to-date with all the latest transfer news throughout the summer. Today, Andre Schürrle has admitted he would like to move to Chelsea.

German international attacker Andre Schürrle has admitted he would be keen on a move to Stamford Bridge after Chelsea had a €25m (£19.5m) turned down by Bayer Leverkusen, according to the Guardian.

Schürrle joined Leverkusen from Mainz only 12 months ago but has been a huge success, putting in a string of impressive performances and scoring 7 goals in his 31 appearances. This form has seen him break into the German national team set up, where he has netted 7 goals in his 16 caps so far and was involved in the European championships this summer.

The Blues have been strongly linked with a move for the winger in recent weeks and the 21-year-old has revealed he would have jumped at the chance to move to Stamford Bridge, claiming any player in the Bundesliga would be interested in joining the European champions.

“I don’t think you would find any player in the Bundesliga who would say that they would not at all be interested,”

“Chelsea would have been very interesting for me. You don’t get a chance like that very often in your life.”

Schürrle is quoted as saying by the Guardain

However, Schürrle went on to say he has to respect the clubs decision to hang on to him, as they couldn’t find a suitable replacement.

“[Director of sport] Rudi Völler has explained the reasoning to me several times,”

“They could not find a suitable replacement and I am too important to Bayer.”

Schürrle is quoted as saying by the Guardain

The Guardian report that Chelsea had a bid of €25m (£19.5m) rejected by the Germans, but Schürrle is disappointed the figures have been made public knowledge as he feels it will only increases the fans expectations of him.

“I can imagine the fans will see me with different eyes now,” he said.

“If I play two or three bad games, then it could be difficult for me.”

Schürrle is quoted as saying by the Guardain

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