World Cup winner Andre Schurrle says he doesn't "need the applause any more" after announcing his retirement at 29. The Germany forward had a year left on his deal with Borussia Dortmund but the two parties agreed to cancel it. Schurrle, who helped his country win the 2014 World Cup, had a spell at Chelsea and was on loan at Fulham. "The decision matured in me for a long time," he told German newspaper Der Speigel. "The depths became deeper and the highlights less and less." Schurrle played for Chelsea from 2013-15 and won a Premier League winners medal in 2015 despite leaving the club for Wolfsburg part-way through the season. "I want to let you know that I'm stepping away from playing professional football," added on social media. "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." **** off then
Dirty Leeds are now officially promoted then. I’m secretly quite pleased for them tbh. Massive club and they’ve done their time. They’ll go back down like, as their owner won’t fund what they need to stay up.
Until the PL implements a minimum points requirement plenty of teams will continue to stay up by only being the 4th worst in a #poorleague
With WBA losing as well, Brentford now have automatic promotion in their hands if they win their final two. Proper good footballing side with a brilliant front three. Wanted Ollie Watkins at Spurs ever since his Exeter days, was clear he had quality, think him, Benrahma and Mbeumo would be a problem for a lot of Prem defences. Rather they come up than WBA anyway, such a boring yo-yo club.
