Quote (grahambo @ 3 Jan 2017 00:51)
Andre schurrle was. From a shit club like mainz, to leverkusen, chelsea, wolfsburg, and dortmund. That my friend is a mercenary. The same guy in your outdated sig.
Mainz --> LeverkusenMainz was a midtable club at best. The move to Leverkusen made perfect sense with regards to making the next step towards trophies and the national team call-up.
Leverkusen --> ChelseaSame goes for the next move to Chelsea, who were the better/more prosper/more-likely-to-win-trophies club at that time + no German club actually wanted him back then.
Chelsea --> WolfsburgHe realized he wouldn't make it at Chelsea then. Mostly of course due to the fact that all the talent or tactical education in the world being is immediately rendered useless the moment you step foot into a game of kick'n'rush they blatantly call "football" in England. Wolfsburg had the money to get him back to Germany.
Wolfsburg --> DortmundWolfsburg was basically done as a club after both the sale of de Bruyne and probably moreso after the Volkswagen emissions scandal. They were glad to sell him and it was a step up team-wise (Dortmund has higher ambitions than Wolfsburg) and coach-wise (Tuchel basically scouted him and laid all the groundwork for his development).
He took the necessary steps from smaller to bigger clubs in order to develop one's career. He stepped down with regards to money when he left Chelsea for Wolfsburg while at the same time doing something good for his further career. Same again with his move to Dortmund.