German World Cup winning winger Andre Schuerrle further boosted Bundesliga title challengers VfL Wolfsburg on Monday by signing from English Premier League leaders Chelsea, the buying club announced.

The 24-year-old -- who set up Mario Goetze for the only goal in the World Cup final win over Argentina last year -- signed a four year contract with the 2009 champions for a fee reported by German media to be a club record 32million euros ($36million, £24million).

His signing comes on the back of Wolfsburg's sensational 4-1 win over German champions Bayern Munich -- their first defeat of the league season -- last Friday which saw them narrow the gap between the two sides to eight points.

"Official! World Champion Andre Schuerrle has signed for Wolfsburg," the club announced via its' Twitter account.

In a statement later published on its' website Wolfsburg said they were delighted to have reached agreement with Chelsea but added both clubs had decided not to say how much the transfer fee was.

Schuerrle, who previously played for Mainz and Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, failed to cement a first team place at Chelsea appearing just 44 times for them since joining in 2013.

The reported fee paid for Schuerrle -- who has scored 17 times in his 42 international appearances -- betters the 22 million euros Wolves paid Chelsea for Belgium midfielder Kevin de Bruyne a year ago.