The Germany international is poised to become the Blues' first signing of the summer after Chelsea agreed a deal with Bayer Leverkusen.
"He really has an special personality and seems cool," Schurrle told Bild. "He met me during Michael Ballack's farewell game and told me 'It's through, you're my player.'"
The fee is said to be in the region of £18m.
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Manchester CityMan City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Newcastle UnitedNewcastle | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Brentford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Bournemouth | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Tottenham HotspurSpurs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Fulham | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | West Ham UnitedWest Ham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Manchester UnitedMan Utd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Leicester CityLeicester | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Ipswich TownIpswich | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton WanderersWolves | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 1 |
| 19 | Southampton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Everton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0 |
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