Andre Schuerrle complete move to Wolfsburg for a fee of £22 million

 Wolfsburg on Monday  announced the signing of winger Andre Schuerrle from Chelsea, who has signed a contract until 2019.


World Cup winner Schuerrle has returned to the Bundesliga to join VfL Wolfsburg from Chelsea.
Wolfsburg said they confirmed the deal with the English Premier League leaders late on Monday.
The signing of the 24-year-old Germany attacking midfielder underscores Wolfsburg's ambition to become Bayern Munich's closest challenger in the Bundesliga - and a permanent contender in the Champions League.
On 18 April 2013, it was confirmed that Bayer Leverkusen's director of sport Rudi Völler had travelled to London to hold talks with Chelsea over the transfer of Schürrle, although no fee had yet been agreed.On 13 June 2013, Chelsea confirmed via their official website that they had reached an agreement with Leverkusen for the transfer of Schürrle,with the transfer fee reported to be in the region of €21 million (£18 million). On 25 June 2013, Chelsea announced that they had completed the transfer of Schürrle, bringing an end to the Londoners' protracted pursuit of the German forward. With Schürrle signing a five-year contract, he was given the number 14 shirt.On 4 August, Schürrle scored his first goal in a Chelsea shirt in a pre-season friendly match against Milan during a tour of the United States.

On 18 August 2013, Schürrle made his competitive debut for Chelsea, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute for Kevin De Bruyne in a Premier League 2–0 win over Hull City at Stamford Bridge. His first goal for Chelsea came in the club's 2–1 home victory over title challengers Manchester City on 27 October 2013, where he scored from a cross by teammate Fernando Torres.On 7 December 2013, he then scored two goals against Stoke City in a 3–2 defeat.On 1 March 2014, Schürrle scored his first Premier League hat-trick, against Fulham in a 3–1 away victory in the West London derby. On 22 March 2014, Schürrle assisted Samuel Eto'o's goal in the fifth minute and sent Chelsea into a 2–0 lead on the seventh minute at home to Arsenal, in a match where he was awarded Man of the match, as Chelsea went on to win 6–0.