Jose Mourinho invites Andre Schurrle to last match to receive medal

Andre Schurrle was delighted to receive a message from Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho to invite him to Stamford Bridge for the final match of the season to receive a Premier League winners' medal.

The World Cup-winning Germany forward left for Wolfsburg in January after 18 months at Stamford Bridge, with exhaustion contributing to his departure for a fee in the region of £22million.

Schurrle, who made 14 Premier League appearances, scoring three goals, told BBC World Service’s World Football programme: “I didn’t know that I’d get a medal when I didn’t play most of the second half of the season.

“Jose Mourinho sent me a text to say that I’d get a medal and he asked me to come to the last game (against Sunderland on May 24th). That was very nice for me.

“I’m really happy for the boys. They played a very good second half of the season so of course for me it’s good to get a medal but the boys did the work.”

After providing the assist for Mario Gotze’s World Cup-clinching goal, Schurrle started the season well with a fine goal at Burnley before fading and leaving Chelsea for around £8m more than he was signed for in June 2013.

“I had the World Cup which was very perfect for me and the start of the season was good as well,” he added.

“Then there came a little bit of a period for me where my body didn’t feel very good, I was not clear in my head and I didn’t have as many good moments for Chelsea.

“I wanted to come back to the Bundesliga, I wanted to feel a little bit more in the team and to get a bit more playing time.

“I love Chelsea still, I’m not frustrated, it was a great experience.”