All negotiations appear to be off for now and Chelsea could instead move for Schürrle, who is currently with Germany at Euro 2012, and reports claim a £ 7million bid is in the offing.

Sources close to the Russian billionaire have revealed that there are plans in place to create a “hungry, young team” although there is confusion as to which players Chelsea are targeting while the club wait for a permanent manager to be appointed.
A number of moves have been put on hold and might now prove elusive while the scale of the departures — which had been planned to be widespread – is also uncertain with Chelsea having reached the Champions League final under interim head coach Roberto Di Matteo

Schürrle joined Bayern Leverkusen only last summer and featured against Chelsea during the club’s Champions League campaign this season.

He is just over 6ft tall and can play as a striker or a wide attacker. Chelsea have made initial inquiries about his availability but have not made an offer.

Leverkusen signed him from Mainz for about £6.5million and it appears the Bundesliga club would like to more than double their money if he is sold to Chelsea.

They are discussing several potential deals, some of which might be dependent on whether they are in the Champions League next season.

Bayer Leverkusen will probably want double that for a player who is under contract until 2016 and Chelsea could again see their opening bid for the 21-year-old rejected.

Chelsea are considering a bid of between £14 million and £15.5 million for the German international striker André Schürrle as Roman Abramovich continues to ponder the extent of his squad rebuilding over.