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    Debating the futures of Christian Pulisic & Romelu Lukaku at Chelsea | ESPN FC



    The ESPN FC crew discusses all things Chelsea including…

    0:00 Christian Pulisic’s future
    4:17 Inter to bid on Romelu Lukaku?
    5:51 Dusan Vlahovic linked to Chelsea

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    1. e' L on

      If I was a Chelsea Chairman, I'll kick Reece James and Thiago out of my club.. I'll extend Cucurella's contract, give Conor Gallagher a raise of salary plus add ons, buy a Bugatti for Mudryk

      I'll steal United's best players ; McTominay, Phil Jones, Harry Maldini, The new and improved Ronaldinho, Antony ; Jadon Sancho, and The Immovable object Wout Weghorst then happily bring in Lukaku, the new found Defensive striker in the world..
      Now that's how to run a business..All CEOs should take notes 😎💪🔥

    3. Couture Criminal on

      Here it is American fans,do not listen to this garbage this is just to kiss up to the American audience.

      Christian Pulisic is not good enough.Does not deserve the air time.

    6. Mamadou on

      For Lukaku since his heart is so into Inter Tell inter to get the money and get you u permanently no more loans
      Pulisic please can we get a Swap with Cherki to Lyon 😂

    12. Toba Epebinuade on

      Chelsea needs to quickly offload Christian Pulisic and the player has agreed personal terms with AC Milan, they have to accept a fee and wages and he'll most likely cut his wages and they should pay around 15-20 million. It's a move that works for both parties, because Chelsea needs the cash, they've sold really well so far and they'll sell another asset in the team, he has a year left on his contract and it's better to ship him out now for 15 million, rather than lose him on a free in 12 months time.

      Also for him, it's a shot at rebooting his career after a difficult stint at Chelsea where he spent half of his time at the club injured/bench and the player wants a new start and AC Milan could be the team that unlocks the best version of him, assuming he gets regular football and we might see the best out of him. His stint has to end right now, it makes so much sense for both parties.

    13. Maudal Musical Machines on

      Ohmyfreakingodsrealandimagined! At least Don comes close to admitting the most important fact about Pulisic at Chelsea… especially last season. Close, but not there.

      30 games, 1 goal, 2 assists, eh? He mentions that not many were starts. But he fails to go all the way… with the fact that of those games, CP10 only played 28% of the available minutes . Many of those "appearances" [another hilarious way of not stating the point] were for 6 or 8 minutes at the end of an already lost match ffs.

      These people go out of their way to make excuses for Mount, Gallagher, Kai… never admitted how miserable Timo was until he was already gone…while finding every possible way to spin Pulisic as a mediocre to a downright disappointment of a player.

      And when he excels for the Rossoneri they'll say 'yahbut it's not the prem'

    16. Toba Epebinuade on

      It's crazy that around 2 years ago, he was one of the best strikers in the world and was off the back of leading Inter Milan to a Scudetto helping them end Juventus' 9 season monopoly in Serie A. He was in the best form of his career and it convinced Chelsea to break the bank for him, paying 100 million to bring him back to the football club and many had high expectations for him.

      Romelu Lukaku was a poor fit for Chelsea, not only did he struggle for goals and confidence, he looked out of place in their system and the relationship between him and Thomas Tuchel, they didn't always see eye-to-eye and he was dropped for a game after a controversial interview where he blasted the managers' tactics and mentioned how he wanted to return to Inter Milan. From that point forward for him, he was benched both the player and manager couldn't get on with each other, last summer was sent back on loan to Inter Milan where he spent the first half of the season out injured and was out of form and from February to May, he hit a purple patch and was scoring goals and helped Inter Milan reach the champions league final. Overall, he had a disappointing loan spell at Inter Milan, he may have hit form at an important period for Inter Milan, but was so off his best form big time and he didn't start a single champions league game for them and was benched for the final.

      Now that he's back at Chelsea, his future remains so uncertain. Clubs from Saudi Arabia want him, the player himself doesn't want a move to the Middle East, he wants to return to Inter Milan for a second loan. The club should be keen on keeping him on loan for a second season, he's not the same player he was 2 years ago, the minimum he can be for them is a occasional starter where he'll be a super sub and then he would start some games, that role perfectly suits Romelu Lukaku.

      He has no future at Chelsea and they'd be happy if he's loaned out again, and then if he returns to his very best at Inter Milan, they can permanently get him off their books for good. Besides keeping him in the squad for next season is a bit of a problem for Mauricio Pochettino, it's detrimental to this rebuild because Chelsea has a new coach, and a squad with lots of young talent, and when their project is about young and exciting talent, Romelu Lukaku has no role to play for Chelsea in the long run or short and having a player with a difficult attitude, he's a mercenary player in world football and it would impact Chelsea negatively and they should hope that if Inter Milan wants him back that he scores goals regularly and they would get rid of him for good and I think the move back to Inter makes sense for both parties involved.

    19. Ancient knight on

      Listen Chelsea is the only team to finish in the bottom half and refuse to play lukaku, because he likes a other club 😂😂😂

      You do realise that's litreally 90% of other players . Lukaku just happend to say it out loud 😂😂😂

    23. Free Speech on

      Okay, since no-one wants to address the elephant in the room, I'm going there.

      Dafuq is up with Pullisic's squished head? It got ran over by a firetruck or something? No more lies! Something crushed that boy's skull and I wanna know what.

    24. Chief on

      Julien is disgusting, how can a so called journalist revel so much in PSGs monopoly over French football, horrible league and PSG are a sham club if I’ve ever seen one

    25. Dennis Freeman on

      If I’m poch I’m telling Big Rom you’re my guy, spend money on the midfield, I think they would have enough in attack with Lukaku nkunku sterling mudryk madueke and a strong midfield

    26. Qaran Doon on

      Lukaku is the unluckiest player in the world, all that youth and talent player who are keen to assist you. But then you can’t just write simple complement about Chelsea fans and show them respect. Then get on and be the English PL top scorer.

    27. M Tavares on

      Chelsea is a dysfuntional club, they just kept buying players they didn't need and ignoring their most pressing needs: midfielders. Serves them right that now they have to go on a firesale after ruining so many careers: Pulisic, Werner, Havertz, Mount, Lukaku, Ziyech, etc. On top of that, they've have to spend big on replacements, and they're still going to be short on talent.

    36. Joe Bossendorfer on

      Pulisic wants to play in his favourite position and isn't very good when he doesn't get his way, in premier league if you want to do that you need to be one of the best in that position and he isn't.

    38. dmoney668 on

      BOTH players should never have been benched at Chelsea nor forced to move away from Chelsea. Chelsea has the worst player management of all both of these players would have Chelsea in a much better position if they were managed properly

    40. Generic on

      Wow that super old creepy guy knows nothing about pulisic. Why did you even have him on this segment? He doesn’t even know how to pronounce his name…

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