Chelsea: Sure about Schurrle?

Why Schurrle could be a disaster

To know just what could go horribly wrong, Schurrle needs to look no further than his own Chelsea and Germany team-mate Marko Marin. Signed as a fast, versatile attacking option, Marin made just one full appearance all season, failing to live up to his standard of performances a few years ago at Werder Bremen. Firstly, breaking into the Chelsea side will not be easy by any means for Schurrle. With Juan Mata and Hazard being the two mainstays thanks to their excellent performances last season, Schurrle will have Victor Moses, Oscar, Kevin De Bruyne and Marko Marin breathing down his neck to occupy that final attacking midfielder’s spot. The centre forward’s role will also be a struggle to make his own, a fairly confident Fernando Torres, Demba Ba, the impressive Romelu Lukaku and possibly a world class centre forward, which Mourinho is expected to sign, will be raring to impress the Special One.

Another point of concern is Schurrle’s inconsistency. On an off day, Schurrle can make you shrug in discontent, with heavy touches, predictable mono-dimensional running and a constant need to dribble all at show during his not-so-fancy showings in the past. His record speaks for him too – Schurrle managed only 5 goals in his first season at Mainz, after which he bounced back with 15 goals next season. He then slumped again, scoring just 9 times in 40 appearances, after which he found his touch again, scoring 14 in the next campaign. Schurrle must realize that his inconsistencies could cost him very dearly, as a prolonged spell of poor performances could very well see him warming the bench. That fact could very well be a double whammy for Schurrle, as he looks to cement his place in the German national side, who like Chelsea also have a wealth of attacking talent (Mario Gotze, Marco Reus, Patrick Hermann, Lewis Holtby, Mesut Ozil, Thomas Muller, Kevin Großkreutz, Lukas Podolski and Julian Draxler waiting in the wings, Mario Gomez, Miroslav Klose and Max Kruse being the other centre forward contenders.)

So, considering the pros and cons, it will be tough how exactly his fortune pans out at the Bridge. But whatever be the case, it will “Schurrle” be pretty intriguing.