London: Chelsea have reached an agreement with Bayer Leverkusen to sign Germany forward Andre Schurrle from the Bundesliga club.
Chelsea said in a statement on their website Thursday that Schurrle must now complete personal terms and pass a medical.
The 22-year-old forward, who has been a long-time target of Chelsea, is set to become Jose Mourinho's first signing since the Portuguese coach returned to the Premier League club for a second spell in charge.
Earlier, Leverkusen signed South Korean forward Son Heung-min from Hamburg SV. The 20-year-old Son, who was outstanding last season, signed a five year deal with Leverkusen, paving the way for Schurrle's much-expected transfer to Chelsea....
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08:28 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Berlin: Borussia Dortmund's prized striker Robert Lewandowski will not be making his anticipated move to Champions League winners and Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich in this transfer window, the club's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said on Monday. Bayern, who completed a treble-winning season earlier this month, were fully expected to poach Lewandowski from the Champions League runners-up after they already persuaded talented Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze to join them for next season....
12:42 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Berlin: Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp has promised to put a quick end to the uncertainty over the future of Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, whose agent has said he will join Champions League winners Bayern Munich. Klopp told Tuesday's edition of German daily Bild that his club has not received any formal offer from Bayern for Lewandowski and he still assumes that Lewandowski will play for Dortmund next season. Klopp...
01:43 PM, May 28, 2013
Robin Dutt was named as the new coach of Werder Bremen on Monday after the German football association agreed to release him from the post as their sporting director. The 48-year-old will replace Thomas Schaaf who was the country's longest-coaching top flight coach when he was sacked by the four-times German champions earlier this month after 14 years. "I'm very happy to take my place on the bench again," former...
09:46 AM, May 28, 2013
Berlin: Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes will sit on the coaching bench for a Bundesliga game for the last time when the champions meet his former club Borussia Moenchengladbach in the season finale on Saturday, and hinted on Monday that he might retire. The 68-year-old, who won the Champions League with Real Madrid in 1998 and had a long playing and coaching career at Gladbach, will make way for Pep...
05:10 PM, May 14, 2013
Munich: Borussia Dortmund boss Hans-Joachim Watzke and his colleagues will not have lunch with their Bayern Munich counterparts before Saturday's Bundesliga match, saying relations between the Champions League finalists had gone cold. Watzke admitted he had been irritated by the recent behaviour of Germany's biggest club who last week signed Dortmund's Mario Goetze. "I have always spoken about Bayern with great respect and admiration. But I must say now that...
10:47 PM, May 02, 2013
Madrid: The manner of the Champions League semi-final exits of Barcelona and Real Madrid have set in motion likely overhauls at both clubs, and is forcing La Liga to re-evaluate itself in the face of a resurgent German Bundesliga. Barcelona were humbled 7-0 on aggregate by German champions Bayern Munich on Wednesday, the day after Real almost overturned their shock 4-1 first leg defeat away to outsiders Borussia Dortmund, to...
03:39 PM, May 02, 2013
Berlin: Bayer Leverkusen have had talks with Chelsea over the possible transfer of 22-year-old attacking midfielder Andre Schuerrle, the Bundesliga soccer club said on Friday, though they denied the deal was close to being finalised. "I can confirm the talks in London," Leverkusen spokesman Meinolf Sprink told reporters, confirming German media reports of sports director Rudi Voeller's trip to the English capital on Thursday. Sprink said no decision had yet...
06:17 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Berlin: Bayern Munich won their German league title in record time on Saturday by beating Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 to open up an unassailable 20-point lead with six games left in the season. The Bavarians ended the two-year reign of Borussia Dortmund by clinching their 22nd Bundesliga title faster than any club in the league's 50-year history. Bastian Schweinsteiger beautifully flicked the ball into the net with a backheel in the...
09:23 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Berlin: Bayern Munich humiliated Hamburg 9-2 thanks to four goals by Claudio Pizzaro to show why they are on the way to snatch their 23rd Bundesliga title. Meanwhile, Robert Lewandowskis' 20th goal of the season wrapped a 2-1 win for Dortmund over Stuttgart to deny Bayern the title ahead of schedule Saturday. Bayern are 20 points ahead with seven games to play and mathematically can still lose the title. But...
01:59 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Berlin: German Bundesliga football team Frankfurt and head coach Armin Veh agreed on a contract extension for one year. Frankfurt's chief executive Heribert Bruchhagen announced that 52-year-old Veh remains at the club until 2014, to put an end to speculations that their head coach would move on to league rival Schalke, reports Xinhua. "I am very pleased that we have managed to ensure continuity in the sporting field," Bruchhagen said...
02:21 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Artjoms Rudenevs secured Hamburg a 1-0 win over struggling Stuttgart while Hannover and Frankfurt shared points after a goalless draw to close the 25th round of the German Bundesliga. ...
02:43 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Wynton Rufer is teaching football skills to some Indian kids in New Delhi. ...
09:57 AM, Feb 06, 2013
Bayern Munich said that they have hired Pep Guardiola as their new coach starting next season. ...
09:38 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Berlin: German international and Bayern Munich's offensive midfielder Thomas Mueller extended his running contract until June 2017, the club said in an official statement. "Thomas Mueller came through the youth ranks at FC Bayern. His contract ran until 2015 in any case, but we are delighted to extend that by two years until 2017 at this early stage. It is also a proof of Thomas Mueller's commitment to FC Bayern,"...
12:40 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Berlin: Runaway Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich will be looking to end the first half of the season on a high with a win over Borussia Moenchengladbach on Friday as contract talks with coach Jupp Heynckes are pushed to the new year. With a four-week winter break starting next week, the Bavarians are eager to consolidate their 11-point lead going into the holidays with their 14th win in 17 league matches...
05:06 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Munich: About 200 Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 fans were taken into custody after a snack bar was destroyed and police were attacked as trouble broke out at the Ruhr Valley derby on Saturday. Most of those detained were Schalke supporters, German police said in a statement. "Dortmund and Schalke's violent criminals consciously undermined our security concept," said police director Dieter Keil. "Their aim was to fight their rivals and...
10:55 AM, Oct 21, 2012
Berlin: Borussia Dortmund have won back-to-back Bundesliga titles but are not favourites this season as rivals Bayern Munich have bolstered their squad and the Ruhr valley club is also focusing on the Champions League, said club CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke. Dortmund have climbed up to third in the Bundesliga after a rocky start and drew 1-1 at Manchester City in their Champions League Group D match on Wednesday with the hosts...
10:18 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Berlin: Winger Arjen Robben is recovering from a minor muscle problem and will miss Tuesday's Champions League match in Belarus against BATE Borisov, the Bundesliga club said. Dutch international Robben did not play in Bayern's 2-0 league win over Werder Bremen on Saturday but his absence was not felt as the Bavarians cruised to their sixth win in six league games. Bayern, who opened their Group F campaign with a...
05:09 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has ended transfer speculation linking him with a move to the Bundesliga by insisting that he has no plans to leave White Hart Lane this summer. Following the sacking of Harry Redknapp it was widely reported that the former Real Madrid player was considering a move, with Hamburg and Schalke among the clubs supposedly interested in his signature. But Van der Vaart has claimed...
04:01 PM, Jul 18, 2012
