EX-CHELSEA star Andre Schurrle has swapped crosses for crusts… by investing in a pizza company.
The German international topped off his career when winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Winger Schurrle, 32, delivered the assist for Mario Gotze to score as Germany beat Argentina 1-0 in the Rio final.
The two pals have now teamed up once more to buy into the Happy Slice fast-food firm.
Germany’s biggest newspaper Bild reported the month-old startup already has over 70 branches in 30 cities across Germany.
Gotze, 31, said: “I am eager to establish myself away from the world of football.
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“The ecosystem of start-ups is exciting, especially if you involve yourself more closely and intensively.”
Blues title winner Schurrle retired from football in 2020 after a four-year spell with Borussia Dortmund.
He took on the Iceman Challenge in January this year, trudging bare-chested through Arctic conditions for three days.
Chelsea paid Bayer Leverkusen £18million for Schurrle in 2013. He spent 18 months at Stamford Bridge, scoring 14 goals in 65 games.
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The frontman left for Wolfsburg in February 2015, but collected a Premier League winner’s medal that May for his part in the Blues’ title success.
Schurrle spent the 2018-19 season on loan to Fulham from Dortmund, making 25 appearances and scoring six goals.
Famed German rapper Luciano and streamer Jens “Knossi” Knossalla have also invested in Happy Slice.
Pizza isn’t the two footballers’ first start-up investment however.
In 2020 it emerged that the two were planning to invest in a cannabis company alongside celebs such as Will.I.Am after the drug became legal in Germany.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
