The CEO of New York City FC has confirmed their interest in signing Christian Pulisic, but also that AC Milan are resisting.
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There continues to be a lot of speculation about Pulisic’s future, despite the fact that Milan’s owner Gerry Cardinale and the new head coach Ruben Amorim have made it very clear that they intend to build the latest ‘new era’ around him.
The former Chelsea winger winger has been at the centre of rumours regarding a potential approach from MLS side NYCFC, with reports of a €50m contract being on the table. In recent days, there have been worrying suggestions that a renewal with the Rossoneri isn’t close either.
NYCFC interest in Pulisic confirmed
Brad Sims – the CEO of the American club – spoke to the New York-based portal amNewYork about the links with Pulisic, confirming a desire to bring him to Major League Soccer whenever he is ready.
“Ultimately, we’re believers that Christian is going to want to play in MLS, wants to be back home. At whatever point in time that is, we would think and hope that New York City FC would be very high on his list of teams that he would want to play for,” he said.
“To be able to get that done, if AC Milan doesn’t want to give him up, then it’s dead in the water. If you ask any of my 29 counterparts across the league if they would be interested in having Christian Pulisic on their team, I’m pretty sure you’d get 29 yeses.
“It’s an easy question to answer from that regard. Would we love to have him? Yes. Would any team in MLS love to have him? I’m pretty sure the answer to that would be yes. Would MLS, from a league standpoint, love to have Christian Pulisic here? I think that answer would be yes.”