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    Christian Pulisic could become a leader at AC Milan – Frank Leboeuf | ESPN FC
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    Christian Pulisic could become a leader at AC Milan – Frank Leboeuf | ESPN FC



    ESPN FC’s Kay Murray, Steve Nicol, Frank Leboeuf and Jan Aage Fjortoft react to Christian Pulisic being set to join AC Milan, but Chelsea has yet to accept a transfer fee.

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    1. Chris on

      Sucks when you a pivotal in a club winning the Champions league but everyone shits on you. What can you do…. Anti-Americanism is all the rage.

    3. BobbyMarley on

      He’ll have to switch to the right and he can win that starting job. Milan are weak on the right and rotate the position often.

    4. Nate Wierzbicki on

      Frank just didn’t happen to watch any Christian’s first year as a 20
      Year old
      When he scored 10
      And assisted 10 or
      Became the youngest chelsea player to ever Hatrick , or under Tuchel a manager who hated him before the book came out lol. And he still was their most influential attacking player 4 of their 6 knockout round games in the lead up to their title. Not
      Mount , not
      Havertz. It was him vs Porto ,
      Man city
      And Madrid absolutely
      Dismantling them. He’s frail
      Right Frank. So frail he broke Messi’s champions league record for most fouls in a game with 13
      How bout the following year when he was the player who won both legs against Lille. Or how bout his world class performance against city, and Liverpool when he was allowed to play more than 2 games in a row. How about the fact that he still lead chelsea in GA per 90
      over 4 years over mkunt and havertz. Mount is somehow revered and he’ll thrive at Man U but he played 8000 more minutes than pulisic and only scored 7 more goals. And he only
      Created 9 more big chances than Christian. They were one and two on the squad. You don’t hear about any of this. I wonder why that is.

    7. A-Wal Patches on

      Now we can hear USians moaning about how unfair it is that he's always sitting on the Milan bench or being played in wrong position, as if it's not Pulisic's fault that he's not good enouh to start in is favourite position.

    9. Basit Abdul on

      Am afraid Chelsea might not succeed competing in EPL if they don't sign important players who could help the team win especially midfielders where they lose more

    11. V on

      Pulisic was flying high at Chelsea when he got injured in the FA Cup final. He never returned to the same level. Who knows what could have been.

    12. Toba Epebinuade on

      Does a move to AC Milan make sense for Christian Pulisic. He needs regular game time and he might get more minutes in Serie A, but where does he fit their team. His best position is on the left wing, and Rafael Leao is already there and he's the best player on the team and maybe he can play on the right, he can play in multiple positions and he can thrive on this team he needs to stay fit and perform because if not, he'll be in the same situation he was at Chelsea and I don't know if this is the right move for him because all he needs to do is play and even at Milan he can still find himself back on the bench I hope he plays more he can play on the right side and still thrive if he's healthy and performing.

    16. rayado 26 on

      Good player, but unsure on consistency, injury problems. Leao is number one on the team and just signed a new contract. Don't like the signing from.a milan POV. They need a striker or someone on the right side. I think he will play in the center of the field. Just a suspicion but i feel one ofethe reasons milan are going for him is the owners Americans.

    19. Angry Snow Flake on

      Can ESPN stop talking about Pulisic. #1..none of them are american, so you don't even understand the cultural context in some things we talk about regarding him. The Captain America is a bit tongue in cheek but you idiots keep talking about it seriously and it drives me nuts. As if its some major issue.2. You suck in general talking about the american players. Either you're forced to do it and you sound like you could care less or you're hyper critical. There's no in-between. Stop doing it. For the love of god please. I get better takes on twitter. Yes Jan, we understand Pulisic needs to produce while he's sitting on the bench. Good call there buddy. Boehly had him locked down to bench duty for half the season my guy. You were really locked in there.

    20. Chance Miller on

      Why does ESPN list Pulisic at 5’10”?

      Christian Pulisic is 5’6” to 5’7”.

      It is a disservice to small kids who don’t realize that they have someone their size who they can look to as an example of succeeding at their height.

    22. Maudal Musical Machines on

      Oh, and Frank? About Pulisic not showing people how strong he is… in the CL match against Porto he broke Messi's record for being fouled the most times in a single game… something like 17 times. He got back up and ran at them again Every. Single. Time.

    23. Brian Hernandez on

      It would be a great move for both Milan and Pulisic, he wont start on the left for them if Leao is fit but when Leao doesn’t play he’ll play there, his main position in my opinion is going to be on the right but I think his best position for Milan would be as a 10 since Brahim Diaz went back to Madrid

    27. Delboy0 on

      Let’s be real he couldn’t cut in the Premuer League and the Bundesliga, so hopes playing in a weaker league will inflate his rep

    29. aristotle1021 on

      This is sad. At one point Pulisic was being valued at over $100 million, now AC Milan is offering $18 million. Pulisic will join a long list of American players whose greatness never materialized.

      American player development is awful. It was pretty obvious a long time ago that Pulisic needed to get stronger, but as far as I know, no serious attempt was ever made to correct this deficiency. Now everyone knows that all you have to do with Pulisic is push him off the ball and foul him, and he's out of the game, both figuratively and literally. He's like a kid among men. I think he definitely had the talent to be far better than he is now. Now he's just a bench player wherever he goes.

    30. Stephen Michael on

      Italy is a slow league for lazy players and old men if he can't score 10+ goals a season with as many assists then he belongs in MLS with these other young generation American players with no grit or mental toughness I've always rooted for Pulisic but he needs to step up

    38. charles nkomo on

      At this point,i feel like this show is scripted,because otherwise these guys cannot have possibly qualified to be pundits,because at Chelsea Pulisic and Ziyech literally dont play ever,so all this analysis is utter nonsense

    39. Kareem Elrefaay on

      With our current financial situation he's a perfect signing for us we need that quality because old washed up players won't give you much but taking risks in very young talents (like leao) or excellent players who under performed with their current teams and all of the team key players belongs to one of these two groups like theo leao diaz and tomori

    40. ZoogaZig on

      He played RW mostly for Dortmund. He will get so much time and space with Leao and Theo in the left side. He's coming to play RW and cover LW when Leao isn't playing.

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