Bayer Leverkusen want to sign
on-loan Chelsea winger Kevin de Bruyne on a permanent basis this summer
and may propose a swap deal involving Andre Schurrle, according to talkSPORT.
The Blues only signed De Bruyne in
January 2012 but immediately loaned him back to Genk for the rest of
last season as part of the deal that saw him move to Stamford Bridge and
he’s yet to play a first team game for the club after being sent out on
a season-long loan deal to Werder Bremen this campaign.The 21-year-old has been in impressive
form in Germany scoring 6 goals in 26 games for a struggling Bremen side
and it seems he’s now attracted the interest of Leverkusen. talkSPORT
claim the clubs CEO Wolfgang Holzhauser described De Bruyne as a ‘very
interesting man’ in a recent interview and the Bundesliga outfit are
said to be lining up a summer bid.
Chelsea are yet to announce who their
new manager will be this summer once interim boss Rafa Benitez leaves
his post at the end of the season, but it will most likely be up to the
new man in charge to decide whether De Bruyne is part of his long-term
plans or not.The Belgian international could find himself sent out on loan again but talkSPORT suggest
that Leverkusen may try to use Chelsea’s long-standing interest in
forward Andre Schurrle to boost their hopes of landing De Bruyne by
including the German international in a swap deal.The report claims the Blues had a £20m
offer for the 22-year-old rejected last summer so Leverkusen may tempt
the west Londoners with the chance to finally land him if they could get
De Bruyne in return.
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