I genuinely though he was in his 30s too. Thought he was 25-26 At least when he joined Chelsea!
He said...Do we know why he's retiring?
Wish I could have retired at 29
Yeah same for me. Good squad player for them and Germany around the 2014 period. Seemed to lose it a bit when he went to Dortmund and then his career fizzled out.
Yeah definitely, that’s refreshingly honest. I bet it’s a hard slog 10 years football and slowly going to worse clubs after what he’s won already.
Agreed, if the motivation is gone and you don't enjoy football anymore then why stick with it.
certainly young enough to do that
It reads to me like he is or has been having mental health issues. The break will allow him a chance to assess whether football was at the root of them or not.
Very possible. Hopefully he works things out in any case!
Not sure Schurrle would be retiring if he had 3 years left on a £350K a week contract.
I only ever played amateur football but after a while it became a chore and I only showed up to games out of an obligation to my teammates rather than any desire to play.
No doubt Schurrle has earned enough either way.
Enough is subjective.
What a life ey
Yep, Some people need routine to thrive and others get bogged down by it.
While it doesn’t seem to be caused by one particular injury, his latest years were full of them, and I’m sure that there were a huge (probably the main) factor in him not enjoying playing anymore. He looked good for Spartak at the beginning, for example, but that was interrupted by a series of injuries very soon.
That Japanese lad who retired at Bolton under big sam, think we was also 29.
