André Schürrle, world champion with Germany in Brazil 2014, has just run out of a team at 29 years old. Borussia Dortmund announced on Wednesday the termination of the winger's contract, which ended in 2021. Schürrle, who played this season on loan at Spartak Moscow, is therefore on the market but has not played since December 2019.
The truth is that Schürrle, who arrived in Dortmund in 2006, in these 4 years only played 51 matches at the Signal Iduna Park club, which also yielded him on 2 occasions: first to Fulham (2018-19) and then to Spartak Moscow (2019-20). It didn't quite fit into Dortmund's schemes.
Nor could Schürrle succeed in the ranks of the Chelsea, in which it coincided with José Mourinho. By decision of the Portuguese coach, the German was transferred to Wolfsburg. Of course: he made sure that Schürrle had the champion medal of that 2014-15 Premier. The player accused Mourinho of not having supported him. Schürrle was ‘blue between 2013 and 2015.
Schürrle signed for Dortmund from Wolfsburg for € 30 million. It is not being a stable race that of the far left world champion with the German team. Mainz, Bayer Leverkusen, Chelsea, Wolfsburg, Borussia Dortmund, Fulham and Spartak Moscow are the jerseys for now.
He Borussia Dortmund He stated that the termination of the contract occurred “by mutual agreement” and wished Schürrle luck in the future. The former German international will therefore no longer start the preseason with the Lucien Favre team at the end of July.
The player himself stated according to the Dortmund statement: “These have been times with ups and downs, but also with valuable experience both in football and in private.” He never finished fitting into the scheme of Borussia Dortmund and, according to Kicker magazine, his future points more to a foreign club than to the Bundesliga.