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title: "German club willing to pay over €15m for Chelsea star"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ste Hoare"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2016-06-21T11:11:55Z"
modified: "2016-06-21T11:11:55Z"
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# German club willing to pay over €15m for Chelsea star

Borussia Monchengladbach’s Sporting Director Max Eberl has confirmed that his side are looking to make a club record bid for Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen.

The 20-year-old spent last season on loan at Monchengladbach and is set to do so next year too, but the Bundesliga side are looking to keep him long term.

A lot Blues fans are looking forward to Christensen’s return to Stamford Bridge having seen him impress in Germany, but Monchengladbach are hoping to prevent that from happening.

![Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/538533102.jpg)

Eberl told [BILD](https://sportbild.bild.de/bundesliga/vereine/bundesliga/christensen-poker-gladbach-zu-rekord-transfer-bereit-46400668.sport.html) that his side are willing to break their club record fee for a transfer to secure the capture of the Danish international on a long-term deal, but did say the club would not spend money they didn’t have.

He said:

> We only spend the money we have. But in the case of Christensen we are of course willing to make him a record transfer. We know for sure that a player with his qualities won’t be cheap.

Earlier this summer, Monchengladbach paid a fee of €15million to Bayer Leverkusen for midfielder Christoph Kramer, so that provides some indication of what they are willing to pay more than for Christensen.