Schurrle signing confirmed; will wear #14

[Peppen 934]

Any word if we are dumb enough to give them KDB?

Danish media is reporting the following:

- Han skal stadig have en samtale eller to med Chelsea. Der er sandsynligvis også et tilbud fra Dortmund om at købe spilleren for en relativt høj pris. Ifølge vores informationer vil Chelsea ikke slippe ham men kun udleje ham, siger Bayer-bossen.

Roughly translated into:

Chelsea have scheduled conversations with him [Kevin De Bruyne]. There seems to be an offer from Dortmund, interested in buying the player for quite a lot of money. According to our information, Chelsea won't let him go, only loan him, says the Bayer Boss.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Just keep KDB at the club .

[IkE 267]

Danish media is reporting the following:

- Han skal stadig have en samtale eller to med Chelsea. Der er sandsynligvis også et tilbud fra Dortmund om at købe spilleren for en relativt høj pris. Ifølge vores informationer vil Chelsea ikke slippe ham men kun udleje ham, siger Bayer-bossen.

Roughly translated into:

Chelsea have scheduled conversations with him [Kevin De Bruyne]. There seems to be an offer from Dortmund, interested in buying the player for quite a lot of money. According to our information, Chelsea won't let him go, only loan him, says the Bayer Boss.

Quite lot of money for Borussia...? £10 M? £15 M? No way, £99.9 M or nothing.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Was secretly hoping the deal wouldn't fall through. Just hope we keep KDB.

[OneMoSalah 8,754]

Hopefully its something like 10-15 mil plus De Bruyne on loan and not 20 mil plus De Bruyne on loan. Or just 20 million upfront but De Bruyne returns. Would be nice.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I would love to see Kdb go on loan to bvb. Would be incredible development for him under Klopp and playing CL with such team.

Next summer, we would basicaly get top player ready for starting 11.

Problem is that Kdb would play either cam or left wing at Bvb, while it would be best for us uf he was playing in 4:3:3 or in double pivot. But still loan would have plenty of positive for Kevin and us.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

Any reliable source actually reporting this yet?

[Jype 6,398]

Any reliable source actually reporting this yet?

Kicker, the leading sports magazine in Germany. They're basically saying he has agreed terms with Chelsea but nothing has been decided yet as the clubs are still negotiating the fee and the possibility of De Bruyne going to Leverkusen on loan. And if KdB doesn't go there, I'd assume Leverkusen will start searching for potential replacements for Schürrle before finally confirming the deal.

http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/585811/artikel_schuerrle-hat-unterschrieben---und-jetzt.html

[Sheva. 5,373]

He's gonna take a shit load of long shots, like a mini-hulk, but when they come off damn I hope this gets done though, love his work rate and pace on the counter.

[Pizy 18,336]

I agree with others here. If the deal includes KdB on loan to Dortmund only and not a sale, I'd be delighted with that.

We may see Lukaku-level development with him and we'll have a first team ready player when his loan is up.

[Miracle 249]

What's Schürrle best position ?

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

What's Schürrle best position ?

ST/LW

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

Left wing imo

[cujo101 75]

Will Schurrle take Moses' spot? This also surely means that Marin will be on his way...

[IkE 267]

Will Schurrle take Moses' spot? This also surely means that Marin will be on his way...

Marin gone? Dancin' time.

[Jype 6,398]

Will Schurrle take Moses' spot? This also surely means that Marin will be on his way...

Marin has been as good as gone for months now, never fit enough nor good enough to even get a proper chance and Benitez sure isn't going to play him now when there's so much at stake. Doesn't matter though, I'm sure there's still someone willing to pay around five million for Marin given his reputation and the relatively low wages guarantee interest from slightly smaller clubs as well so there's no chance we're going to be stuck with him like we have with the likes of Benayoun.

And yes, one could assume that the imminent arrival of Schürrle would mean less playing time for Moses. However, there's no way Mata, Hazard and Oscar are capable of playing another season like this one and therefore they're going to need much more rest next season so there's still plenty of games for everyone. De Bruyne could easily fit in too if the new manager decides to bring him back, which most of us of course are hoping for.

[Jase 43,479]

ST/LW

Left wing imo

But that is Hazard's best and main position. No way Schurrle will be playing there if he's going to be a 1st choice player in the team.

Heard he can play on the RW as well but not so effective there.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Play

Schurrle Mata Hazard

Which will rotate round during the games as they do now,

so then

Hazard Mata Schurrle.

I am not buying this whole, Hazard is ineffective at Right wing, but amazing at Left wing. And the way our front 3 work they rotate around anyway.