Chelsea offered Bayern Munich €42 million euros last month for striker Mario Gomez, but the German giants said no, the Bundesliga’s top scorer revealed yesterday.

“I only found out about the offer after the club had turned it down,” the 25-year-old told the Sport Bild weekly in an interview.

“But it wouldn’t have mattered anyway. I am already at a top club and I am playing where I always wanted to.”

Chelsea instead ended up paying €59 million for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres just before a transfer deadline, smashing the British record.

Gomez joined the Bundesliga champions in 2009 from Stuttgart in a 30-million-euro move.

After a lacklustre start, he is the Bundesliga’s top striker this season, with 16 goals to his name.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.