{"id":155240,"date":"2018-07-26T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T14:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soulcentralmagazine.com\/new-fulham-signing-andre-schurrle-explains-why-he-decided-to-leave-borussia-dortmund-for-the-premier-league\/"},"modified":"2018-07-26T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T14:32:09","slug":"new-fulham-signing-andre-schurrle-explains-why-he-decided-to-leave-borussia-dortmund-for-the-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulcentralmagazine.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/26\/new-fulham-signing-andre-schurrle-explains-why-he-decided-to-leave-borussia-dortmund-for-the-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"New Fulham signing Andre Schurrle explains why he decided to leave Borussia Dortmund for the Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__headline-section\"><span class=\"article__kicker theme__copy-color\">&#8216;I can&#8217;t wait&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"article__subdeck theme__border-color\" wp_automatic_readability=\"33\">\n<p>The 27-year-old former Chelsea player has joined the Premier League new boys on loan for two seasons<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"41.735504885993\">\n<p class=\"article__content article__content--intro\">New Fulham signing Andre Schurrle has explained what prompted him to swap the Bundesliga for the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The 2014 World Cup winner <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/387190\/premier-league-deals-completed-confirmed-signings-transfers-window\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined on a two-year loan from Borussia Dortmund<\/a> and said he can\u2019t wait to get started.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFulham were the first club that showed interest in me \u2013 that was something that I appreciated a lot, and one of the reasons I wanted to come here,\u201d the 27-year-old told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fulhamfc.com\/fulhamfctv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fulhamfctv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schurrle won the title with <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113034\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> in 2015 and has scored 11 goals in 40 <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> appearances. 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