Before this season, not starting on a regular basis was the issue. His playing time has been reduced even more this season, which highlights his playing situation in a fiercely competitive environment, but the issue remains the same for him: not being a regular starter. He knew the score when he took the chance and signed the contract four years ago. Things will probably not be very different at any other of the "top" clubs.
This says that Chelsea will only let Pulisic go on a permanent deal in January: https://www.chelsea-news.co/2022/11...deal-if-they-are-to-let-winger-go-in-january/
I don’t think Newcastle should be in that group. I think he could excel there, even if as part of a fairly equal 3 man rotation for 2 wing spots. That would be different from his position at the other clubs. He might even increase his PT at Arsenal too.
At Newcastle, he could indeed be part of an equal rotation for the attacking positions.... Although Almiron has now cemented his spot as a regular on the right wing, it only happened very recently..so I wouldn't say he's head and shoulder better than Pulisic...Albeit Almiron has huge work rate in compare to Pulisic. The other guy on the left is maximun but he's injury prone and beside dribbling a lot, I'm not that impress.. Pulisic can also be an option as a #10...If he can get stronger on the ball and learn when to get the ball off his feet quicker when it's required.
This report says Pulisic wants to stay at Chelsea during the winter. That seems like the most likely scenario, with him more likely moving in the summer. Florian Plettenberg on Twitter: "News #Pulisic: Rumors about Dortmund, United & Newcastle not hot. Been told that he wants to stay at #CFC in winter! He really tends to this plan. But: Talks could take place if he would receive a great and interesting offer after the World Cup. But it’s unlikely. @SkySportDE https://t.co/9986uQeqpB" / Twitter
He actually slots very well into the salary structure at Juventus as they have a surprising amount of guys making a ton of money. I just don’t think he should go there given the mess the club seems to be (and McKennie should get out ASAP too). Even at Inter there’s a number of other players who would make more than. AC Milan though he’d definitely be their highest paid player (which appears to actually be Dest at current). Teams may be willing to take his salary for half the season at least if they think he’s worth what he brings to the team. He makes about $9 million a year, so it’s not that crazy for a club to make a $4.5 million outlay on his salary for half the season.
There’s a big difference between saying somewhere like Manchester United is a lateral move versus the idea he should look at the Championship. Pulisic is a very good player and there are lots of high level top 5 clubs where he’d play regularly. We’ll see what his options are in January but he’s not going to the Championship or a lower tier league.
Newcastle seems like the best move for playing time. Man U he’d still have to compete with Sancho and Rashford (though I expect Rashford will play some more 9 now). Liverpool is interesting because they seem like they generally need to shake things up and Klopp has always been a fan of Pulisic. I don’t think he’d play 90 minutes each week at Arsenal, but I do think he’d play more than he does at Chelsea.
Depending on the offer he gets this January, he should go. I suspect Chelsea really do not want to sell him to a CL contender, so they probably promised him a run in the squad after the World Cup just to keep him from boosting the chance of a Champions League spot contender. At the same time, Chelsea has already done a deal to bring in nkunku this summer and still plan on going after Leaos too.
An asking price of £35m to sell Cristian Pulisic has been mooted. As it stands, Pulisic has no desire to extend and Todd Boehly & Behdad Egbhali have 2 windows to recoupe significant value for a player who signed for £58m. (@liam_twomey @TheAthleticFC) #CFC— Pys (@CFCPys) November 29, 2022
A little tangential, but - note that Hakim Ziyech, Julian Alvarez and Harry Maguire have all made significant contributions to their teams' winning their World Cup groups. All of them also have fewer EPL minutes than Pulisic this season. The point being - the wealthiest EPL teams have the capacity to stockpile a large amount of top-level talent. And they will make full use of that capacity, to hedge against injuries while trying to succeed in four competitions at once. So, while a player like Pulisic (or Ziyech, or Alvarez, or Maguire) will be very dissatisfied if they don't secure a regular starting club role, failure to do so is not necessarily a sign that they've failed to develop or perform at a high level; nor is it necessarily a major concern for their national team efforts.
I think the other angle here is -- the tactical demands of big-time clubs can be so specific that not being a starter doesn't necessarily reflect poorly on the player.
Back to Chelsea for Pulisic...I had hoped he would be able to extend his stay in the World Cup while staying away from the club..lol Hopefully he can get a proper run in the squad once play restart...If not, he need to push for a move out.
Omg, in the Men in Blazers podcast post Netherlands, they took audience Qs and someone asked who should be the next US manager and I think the person asking pondered if Tuchel would be a good choice! Ron and Dave remarked about how Pulisic would feel about that!!!
Lol..that gotta be a joke.. I did see a report about Tuchel willing to put his name up for the England National team once the current guy is gone. Almost sure Tuchel would consider the USA job but I doubt they'd offer him the job considering he's part of the reason Pulisic development has stalled the past 2 years. My guess is they offer the job to Jesse Marsch..
Not sure why I can’t edit my own post, so I’m quoting myself to fix the names above: Rog and Davo, not Ron and Dave! Damn autocorrect!