OFFICIAL: Andre Schurrle is retiring from football aged just 29

World Cup winner Andre Schurrle is retiring from football aged just 29, the player announced on Instagram. The player spent his career at Bayer Leverkusen, Wolfsburg, Mainz 05, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Spartak Moscow and Fulham. The 2014 World Cup winner cancelled his contract at Borussia Dortmund earlier this week following a loan spell at Spartak Moscow. In a revealing interview with Der Spiegel, Schurrle announced that: "The decision has matured in me for a long time." He added: "You always have to play a certain role in order to survive in the business, otherwise you will lose your job and you will not get a new one."  

 

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Hallo zusammen, Ich möchte euch mitteilen, dass ich meine aktive Karriere beende! 😊Im Namen von mir und meiner Familie will ich danke sagen, an alle, die ein Teil dieser phenomenalen Jahre waren! Eure Unterstützung hat das alles möglich gemacht!! Ich freue mich auf neue Herausforderungen und kann es kaum erwarten dieses neue Kapitel zu beginnen 🙌🏻😍 Euer André Hi all, I want to let you know that I’m stepping away from playing professional football !! On behalf of myself and my family I want to thank everybody who was a part of these phenomenal years! The support and love you shared with me was unbelievable and more I could have ever asked for! Now I’m ready and open for all the beautiful possibilities that are coming towards me 😍 André

A post shared by Andre Schürrle (@andreschuerrle) on Jul 17, 2020 at 5:23am PDT