Thursday, 30th May, 2013
Bayer Leverkusen president Wolfgang Holzhauser has revealed that the club have reached an agreement with Chelsea for the services of 21-year-old midfielder Kevin De Bruyne on loan for a season, with Andre Schurrle heading the other way.
The Belgium attacking midfielder, who arrived at Stamford Bridge in January last year, was loaned to German side Werder Bremen on a season-long deal in August.
Germany forward Schurrle, who plays for the Lions, is also on his way to the London giants in a permanent move this summer, into which De Bruyne has been thrown to sweeten the deal.
“We have an agreement with Chelsea for Schurrle for an amount which is yet to be determined”, Holzhauser told German daily the Rheinische Post.
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“They loan us De Bruyne for free for one season.
“This is the agreement that we have and I suppose it will be respected."
22-year-old Schurrle arrived at the BayArena in the summer of 2011, and his present contract with the club runs until June 2016.
The highly-rated Germany star is thought to have agreed a five-year deal with the Blues.
He appeared 43 times for Bayer Leverkusen in the 2012/13 season, and has scored and assisted 14 times and ten times respectively.
Meanwhile, De Bruyne made 34 appearances for Werder Bremen this season, scoring and assisting ten times.
He has a contract with Chelsea until June 2017.
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