Liverpool are looking around for potential Mo Salah replacements and a report has claimed that AC Milan’s Christian Pulisic has left them impressed.
There is no doubting that Salah has established himself as a modern Liverpool great since his move from Roma, amassing 215 goals and 93 assists in 356 games for them across all competitions, leading them to a Champions League and a Premier League title.
However, as Calciomercato.it point out, he is 32 years of age now and has less than one year left on his deal which has forced their management too think about the future. Real Madrid’s Rodrygo has been mentioned, but he has a €1bn release clause and thus it will be a difficult pursuit.
The Reds could go back to Italy to find the heir to the man they signed from Serie A as Pulisic is a name that interests them. After a debut season with over 30 goal contributions, the USA winger has four goals and two assists in his first six games, scoring against Liverpool and Inter last week.
The Rossoneri got a bargain by snatching him from Chelsea for just €20m and today he is considered one of the leaders of Paulo Fonseca’s team, which is why his price has at least doubled from the amount paid last summer.
Liverpool want puli. City want Reijnders. And if Leao plays like we want him too, he’ll get snatched too.
I hope we hold on to the best players we have.
Yeah don’t sell any important players, till we get second S.T.A.R.S
Reijnders to City is hardly true. In mildfield they want to find the successor of de Bruyne, who certainly can’t be Reijnders due to vast differences in characteristics and quality. It might be either Musiala or Xavi Simons.
If they sell any of them then we are 100% a “feeder” club IMO
Let’s see how true to their word RedTurd are, or will they cash in. Actions will tell. I for one think we know where this is going.
This is of course all circumstantial at the moment, but if they did sell Pulisic, would that be enough for Redbird fans? Would that be the like crossed? Heat would be enough?
“RedTurd” Oh my god, that’s so funny… I guess, if you are ten years old.
Please enlighten us on “where this is going.” You’ve got it all figured out. But aren’t you one of the guys that were screaming that the season was a catastrophe and the Scudetto was lost after 3 games this season? Now we can go to the top of the table with a win today. Please some more of that wisdom. Such drama queens on here. Just waiting for any BS, speculative article to come in and spread more negativity. There is zero chance of this happening, but by all means, get all wound up over it.
Yes and you’re the person who blatantly doesn’t understand football given your review of the Inter goal and trying to pin it on Gabbia. It took me and most of the people here to point out that you’re utterly clueless when it comes to playing the game, you’ve clearly never played and look at it through the eyes of a 7 year old….
Every fan here was right to be angry after losses to Parma and draws to average teams. You’re one of those who only turns up to comment when Milan win and vacate when we lose. And actually I said the scudetto COULD be over by October if we lost to inter and subsequent games and form didn’t improve. Let’s also not forget the disaster against Liverpool. As great as the derby is, what is needed now is consistency! This Milan still doesn’t know where it’s at I believe. Tonight should be an easy win, bigger tests will come.
Back to the original point, If we get 60m plus offer for Pulisic do you think RedTurd will sell? Or will Gerry stick to his ‘promise’ of taking Milan back to the top? You Don’t do that by selling your best players…
Why does RedTurd perturb you so? Are you part of the team? Are you the tea boy there or something or do you go straight to the top and tickle Gerry’s balls?
Lmao you act like a child and run with rumors as if they were true. And all of these are rumors.
Seems like you still can’t get over the fact that guy who signed Origi was fired.
No that’s not what you said at all.
Go back and read the Tactical analysis of the Inter game. Even they admit that Gabbia was beaten on that play by Lautauro, which is why EMerson left his man in the first place.
What’s it like to be so wrong so often?
@Goku probably the same as K anyway…I’m merely commenting on an article. I even said it’s all circumstantial…learn to read moron
@Goku probably the same as K anyway…I’m merely commenting on an article. I even said it’s all circumstantial…learn to read
Ref Gabbia against Inter….you’re an utter clown 😂😂
I think Chiesa is Salah replacement.
Milan will keep Pulisic untill he plays so good. And Liverpool probably must play close to 60 million for him.
Chiesa is far behind Salah in both quality and continuity.
So is Pulisic if we are being honest, Salah is one of the all time Prem greats. They certainly aren’t going to go out and get a like for like so whoever it is will be a lesser player than Salah. Personally I think they’ll recruit from in the prem, Bowen perhaps.
Agreed, finding a like for like replacement for Salah is extremely hard. Not only he has vast quality, but he also has hard work and continuity. I think they will take a fast, dribbling player who can both score goals and create chances for the others, so Liverpool’s attackers combined make up for the loss of Salah. They will have to make modifications to the way they play though. It is also possible that Luiz Diaz finally steps up and keeps the good form he is having so far this season. If so they might take Bowen as you say, or someone from outside the EPL like Xavi Simons. In any case, based on recent past, they will not be willing to spend a sum nearing 100 mln as other big clubs do these days.
On Pulisic, he is better than Chiesa. He might not be technically very proficient, but he has tactical intelligence, works hard and dares to take risks. He has settled well at Milan, and he would be dumb to leave for the EPL, since he seems to be more suitable for the Serie A or Bundesliga than the EPL.
This site is taking time to post my comment; maybe they will post it twice again.
Salah is a class act throughout, a someone with young kids playing football he is the PERFECT role model that as a parent you want your kids to look up to. Never in the press for the wrong reasons.
Agree on Pulisic, yes he’s better than Chiesa, it I don’t see Liverpool spending 60m plus on a player who’s got a shaky prem history. Plus I get the impression Pulisic has found his home now and wouldn’t want to go…
Pulisic is currently Milan’s best player and most complete forward. He is intelligent, versatile, and has phenomenal work rate annd the nicest of attitudes, Any top club and top coach would be willing to have him. His goal against Inter will likely rank as one of the top 3 golazos of the season.
So regardless of this article maybe being click bait and the usual rumor, it is inevitable that sooner or later Puli will trigger interest from big and rich clubs.
It would be a disaster if our management sold Puli. I hope they never entertain this horrible blunder and Puli stays several seasons with us. I’m reassured by Puli obviously being very happy at Milan, the club that relaunched his career. With Milan, he went from a Chelsea reject to one of the best players currently active in Europe.
Forza Puli, grande Puli! Remain a Rossonero, please! You’re my favorite Milan player! The fan base loves you so please don’t accept any offers from other clubs!
A lot of Chelsea rejects are doing very, very well elsewhere. Pulisic was fortunate to get out of that dumpster fire when he did. That’s the thanks he got after helping them win a Champions League title. Let’s hope he can get another one for Milan.
Can they leao instead? Discount price. 77M€ and a no refunds
Please let someone come for him
Lol. I’d take 65M.
Tempting. Tho the way they play they’d never go for a player like Leao. Sooner Kvara 😆
We can throw in Origi..
Good idea
Pulisic is happy here, he’s not going anywhere.
One reassuring factor is that even if our management got tempted by the capital gain of selling Puli for over 3 times what we paid for him (such a bargain; our best signing in recent memory), there is the issue of Puli being American and the most beloved and popular soccer player in the United States; he’s “Captain America” by nickname and the actual captain of the US Men’s National Team.
Annnnd, our owner is American and certainly appreciates the boost in merchandising sales and the number of new Milan fans Puli’s presence has brought in the USA.
Gerry even bought a share of Paramount+ and lobbied for the renewal of Paramount+’s deal with Serie A; CBS for the first time broadcast a Milan Serie A game due to the increasing interest for Milan by American soccer fans, since Puli joined us.
Gerry will likely hesitate in authorizing the sale of his best asset in terms of ensuring Milan’s popularity in America which does generate good money year after year.
I attended the pre-season game Milan v ManCity in New York City and the number of spectators who were wearing Milan jerseys with Puli’s name and number was crazy!
Will Cardinale ever want to lose that? I think not, thankfully. Even great offers by other clubs may be met with a harsh “he’s not for sale” as dictate by the big boss.
Pulisic is hugely important to the success of this team. He has that winning mentality. I think Milan has a better chance of keeping Pulisic than other big players (Theo, Leao, Maignan). He was on a big contract at Chelsea from age 20/21, which filled his bank account but didn’t fill his heart after Chelsea repeatedly gave him the short end. He literally put that team on his back and dragged them into Champion’s League qualification during project restart, then had a devastating hamstring injury and the fan base turned on him whenever he played poorly.
So this means two things:
1. He’s already made plenty of money and at age 26 is set for life. He took a significant pay cut to come to Milan, which was totally the right move for him and Milan, but he was only in position to do that because he already had a big pile of money in the bank.
2. He’s seen the difference between a situation where he’s beloved and he’s able to find joy and one where he’s miserable and this leads to his play declining. The difference between confident Pulisic and non-confident Pulisic is the difference between a below average attacker and a world class attacker.
So give him a raise and an extension at some point soon and he’ll be happy to stay, maybe for the entirety of his prime.
I think the only teams that would truly turn his head at this point are Real Madrid and maybe Barca – those are the two biggest clubs in the world from his childhood. But I can’t see that happening any time soon, so I think Milan can enjoy his play for his full prime.
Well said.
Management will 100% hold onto captain america until the FIFA ⚽️ WC 2026
After that, and the massive marketing in their home country, I could see them cashing in a massive bid if he is one of the billboard stars at that tournament.
This is a great take. I never thought of the huge marketing increase and revenue increase that might come from being in the US and having Pulisic.
Can’t see Puli wanting to take a step back down to the Premier League…he’s been injury free so far, why go back to 100mph football
I don’t agree, Puli seems to enjoy his game more here moreover he also has leverage and importance being an American and Cardinale would want him for his American marketing campaign, I believe even if it meant raising his salary during renewal
So Pulisic is now equal to Leao’ price.
The usual Rafa haters are sneaking into a Puli thread to berate Rafa, after berating me for defending Rafa in a Rafa thread. Go figure. Hypocrites.
Matterazzi has recently said that he hopes Milan will sell Rafa; Inter will say thanks.
These trolls advocating for Rafa to be sold can’t be real Milan fans.
Stfu already. Nobody is bothering you. Nobody said anything to you about your precious leao. Mind you own fúcking business.
Don’t like comments about rafa? Don’t fûcking read them.
LOL, do you think I lose any sleep over your profanity-laden ridiculous post? Do I get under your skin for you to use all these F words? And no, you don’t get to stop me from posting anytime I want. Who do you think you are?
i think you stay up all night crying in your leao pillow.
Why would I be crying? Rafa is doing great, and wearing the Captain armband tonight; are you upset that Fonseca has named him the Captain tonight? Please don’t kill yourself over it; even though you are pathetic, your ridiculous posts make me laugh, so, keep them coming.
And I think you stay up all night in your basement, foaming from your mouth-breathing tongue out of your hatred for Rafael Leão. Are you envious of him because he makes a tone more money than you do? Did he steal your girlfriend? Oh wait, you never had a girlfriend. Never mind.
They way you’re going on with the comments on here you’re definitely crying. If you didn’t care you wouldn’t be writing all those shorts..
So lie all you want. I know you cry every night and hug that life-size rafa pillow with all your tiny strength.
From a technical point of view, Pulisic is no match for Salah. But Pulisic has learnt to use tactical intelligence to hide much of his relative technical weakness. So there might be some truth in this claim, though if I were Liverpool I would prefer someone else to replace Salah.
Really?
This boy like sounding like knowledge resolves only where he’s. Firstly, it was you acting like assistant Pep, now you’re Liverpool’s scout.
How about Lautaro?
You got a bit furious again, right? Lautaro too is technically limited, especially against fast playing teams he finds it hard to control the ball let alone score.
Leao is worth 90 million on transfermarket while pulisic is worth 40 million. Should be the other way round.
Leao can only play one position and one play. Pulisic could probably play in defense if we needed him too lol.
I’m sure Liverpool will recruit from in the prem to be honest. Jarred Bowen perhaps or Someone of that ilk.
I guess we should on Puli, definitely. In any case, I think that on his own initiative he would certainly like to stay, as his style of playing suits Serie A much more than the Premier League. The guy is already an idol here, and perhaps the squad best player, and with a little more ambition from the board, he will get silverware with us.
As a Pulisic fan who followed Puli from Dortmund to Chelsea, and then to AC Milan, Milan is clearly a club that Puli has settled into like no other.
From game 1, Puli has given his all, and he is now settling into his abilities. I do not believe he will go anywhere else while he is thriving at Milan, unless the club wants to sell.
The club won’t want to sell. Puli is the most popular football player in the United States and draws enormous merchandise sales and TV viewership for Milan. Gerry Cardinale would have to be crazy to authorize his minions to sell his biggest asset in regards to the USA market. Given that Gerry is pretty competent in terms of generating money, no, he won’t want to sell Puli; no way. Thankfully.
And there is no way Puli himself will want to go back to the Premier league where he was treated so unfairly. He is extremely happy at Milan. Hell, he took a pay cut to come to Milan, so it’s not likely that other clubs will be able to entice him with a bigger salary. He has already shown that he values his career as a footballer who is a starter and is beloved by the fans, over some salary boost.
Pulisic has only just got here – I doubt very much he’d want to go back to the prem.
No chance. He’s happy here. He’s confident, he knows the position is his and he is going to start regularly. Doesn’t need to go back to another Chelsea situation.
Pulisic isn’t going back to the Premier League.
Zero chance RB sell their American star boy. I can see them cashing in on Rafa in the next couple windows. Wouldn’t be against it either
Don’t make Tonali like mistake again.
Plan for right replacement and then sell. Currently we don’t have any unsellable players except Gabbia (homegrown)
If CP has his way he’s just getting started w Milan.
Best is yet to come.
Pulisic is staying in Milan. He looks very happy and is respected and loved. Plus, by now his proficiency in the Italian language should be quite good. Does he give interviews in Italian for local TV?
Captain America is staying and fighting for the colors we love