Liverpool and Tottenham preparing £25m bid for Schurrl

Schurrle will be allowed to depart the club in the upcoming transfer window

Schurrle linked up with the Blues in 2013 from Bayer Leverkusen for £18m. The 24-year-old has endured a dismal start and has found the back of the net only 11 times in 54 appearances. The German international become a peripheral figure in Chelsea despite shining for his country during their victorious World Cup campaign in Brazil.

Mourinho who has been keeping tabs on a number of attackers, most recently Real Madrid's Gareth Bale and Borussia Dortmund's Marco Reus has claimed that Schurrle will be allowed to depart the club in the upcoming transfer window.

Andre Schurrle

A Chelsea source revealed to The Sun, “José’s got to generate his own spending money in January but doesn't want to sell any of his top stars," 

"So he's looking at his fringe players and, on current form, Schurrle is the obvious choice.

"He's not a regular and his form has been woeful this season — a real drop despite having returned from Brazil on a high after winning the World Cup.

"He'd also bring in a good fee, giving Jose the funds to move into the market himself."

The German International Schurrle  is stalling on a new deal at Dortmund and is attracting interest from premier league giants including Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United.

In news posted by Daily star it was also found that Premier League duo Liverpool and Tottenham have joined the hunt for Schurrle's signature.

Leo chased another Landmark

Lionel Messi has equalled Raul’s all-time Champions League scoring record, netting his 71st goal in a 2-0 victory against Ajax. Messi has made it to 71 in just 90 games, while Raúl took 142 games.

Cristiano Ronaldo is also in the race for the record having scored 70 Champions League goals in 106 appearances in the competition. He failed to add any goal to his tally in Real Madrid’s 1-0 win over Liverpool on Tuesday.

“I am happy for Leo, for the work he does for the team and because he is the number one, the best,” Xavi told reporters.

Messi when asked about the achievement said,”I am happy, the truth is this was not most important today. “That was to the get the important three points to try and keep fighting with Paris to win the group. But I am happy to have achieved it.”

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique was also focused on the game, saying only, “Messi is the best player I have seen in my life.” 

Messi equals Raúl's #UCL goalscoring record http://t.co/NOrTfEwCSG #fcblive pic.twitter.com/Z3EQb8WM48
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 6, 2014