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USA legend Eric Wynalda says Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic needs to be at a club where he ‘gets more game-time’

Once heralded as the next big thing in world football – the club made sure that they were the ones to sign the American from Borussia Dortmund a couple of seasons ago for that fee of £54 million.

But despite some impressive performances – despite some flashes of brilliance – he has failed to live upto the hype at Stamford Bridge and has relatively struggled in the Premier League

Pulisic has found himself on the periphery over the past 12 months, starting just three of Chelsea’s 12 Premier League games this season.

Former USA forward Wynalda insists Pulisic needs to be playing more regularly and says he ‘would not mind’ if the 24-year-old left Chelsea to join fellow Premier League club Newcastle United.

‘Long-term, Christian Pulisic needs to be a left-winger in a team where he’s going to get more game-time,’ Wynalda told VegasInsider.

‘I would not mind seeing Pulisic wearing the black and white stripes of Newcastle United.’

He added: ‘Sterling has played wing-back and it hasn’t gone well at all. There have been a lot of looks to the bench.

‘There were looks like, “I can’t defend, I should be up there where Mason Mount’s playing… Put me up there, I don’t want to be here”.

 

‘Pulisic is saying, “I’ll play, I got it, let’s go” and that’s why we got to see him at wing back.

‘He got an assist out of one of the games where he came inside to pick up the ball which might be him indicating to his manager that he needs more of the ball and he doesn’t want to be chasing the ball. He wants to have the ball.’

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