Potential CFC player: Andre Schurrle

Andre Schurrle is highly-rated, at just 20 years of age he made his international debut , and at 21 the German started the quarter-final match at Euro 2012 for a star-studded German team. This season, he has helped Leverkusen to a third placed finish in the Bundesliga, finishing only one point behind Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund. He was heavily involved for Leverkusen, starting 34 league games, scoring 11 and setting up seven of his side's 65 goals, as can be seen on his Espn Profile.

An added goal threat from wide, could that be what Chelsea are so attracted by? Potentially. Eleven goals is a decent tally, but his approach for Leverkusen has been rather similar to that of Gareth Bale at Tottenham, regularly coming infield to find shooting positions at every opportunity. He had more shots (122) than any other player in the German top flight in 2012/13, he also had the most shots off target (46).
A 9.0% conversion rate leaves a lot to be desired but, like Gareth Bale, a huge proportion come from long distance (55.7%). His goal in the 2-0 win over Schalke back in November showed exactly what he is capable of. Picking up the ball on the left side after a Schalke attack, just inside the opposition half, Schurrle darted in onto his right foot, taking advantage of the space created by the runs of Stefan Kiessling and Gonzalo Castro, before firing an unstoppable drive into the top corner. Of all 898 goals in the Bundesliga this season, only two were from further out than that strike. 

 Only Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery (240) attempted to dribble past an opponent more times than Schurrle (194). Despite playing a shorter season in Germany than England, his tally was a full 66 more than any Chelsea player, with Eden Hazard (128) leading the side. 

Schurrle has the quality to improve most sides and the potential to go on to be something great. It could well be a great match up, and will give the brilliant attacking midfield trio at Stamford Bridge greater competition than Victor Moses and Marko Marin have provided. 

Signing Schurrle will be improving our strength in a position we have a real gem in Eden Hazard but I don't think there's anything wrong in giving the lad some competition and help him improve. It can also mean Chelsea can move on if Eden gets injured without fear unlike last season.

Andre Schurrle, to sign or not to sign? What do you think?