AC Milan retain an interest in signing Christian Pulisic from Chelsea but they have two other targets above him on the list, a report claims.
According to Tuttosport (via MilanNews), Milan are still keen on Pulisic who could be available in a cut-price deal given that Chelsea only want around €10-12m in order to sell the USA international.
The 24-year-old is expected to leave Stamford Bridge this summer, because Chelsea need to sell players no longer deemed part of their plans after so many new arrivals and so much money spent over the past two transfer windows.
Pulisic is admired by the management because of his tactical flexibility, but Milan would also like a left-footed player for the right wing like Arda Guler from Fenerbahçe or Samuel Chukwueze from Villarreal.
Pulisic joined Chelsea from Borussia Dortmund four years ago, and has so far racked up 26 goals in 145 games for the club across all competitions.
CDK could solve this issue, is everyone over there blind to this ?
Did you watch him play this season? They would be foolish to go into the season thinking he could offer any guarantees from a performance standpoint.
The performance when they put him at wrong position.
Did you forget how bad Tonali and Leao were in their first seasons. Give the kid some time. New league, new country.
Yes but, none of Tonali nor Leao, looked like Primavera kids in their first season.. Everytime CDK plays, he looks like a kid who has been promoted from Primavera! It was just a matter of time for Leao and Tonali, to breakthrough.. Even Hauge, had better stats than CDK in his first season..
That’s what happen when you put wide player centrally. They become fish out of water.
2 me cdk seems more like an ss than a winger.
On paper it was written as SS but if we look at the heat map, he mostly play on right flank and left flank instead of in the box.
He play as RW for Belgium when he scored against $umma.
Yes he can play at RW but he need competitor to make him work hard gain starter spot example samuel chukwu . Not junior or saladmaker of course
“Pulisic who could be available in a cut-price deal given that Chelsea only want around €10-12m in order to sell the USA international.”
Media just throw out these transfer numbers willy-nilly.
So, Chelsea for Loftus Cheek, on the last year of his contract, was asking for 20-25 mil and was rumored that Maldini was about to sign him for 18 or so, but the price for Pulisic also on his last year of his contract, is 10-12.
This sound just as believable as the report from few days ago that said that Maldini was working on signing SMS for 20 mil before he got fired and then yesterday report came out that Lazio and Lotito want 40 mil minimum to sell SMS
To be fair, RLC would be more use if he stayed at Chelsea and will cost them far less in wages for a year. RLC they will sell for the right money, Pulisic they likely actively want to move off their books.
They pay Pulisic £7.8 million , while Loftus Cheek makes £6.24 million. Not that much of a difference in salary for Chelsea’s deep pockets.
“Maldini was working on signing SMS for 20 mil before he got fired”
I think it was more like Maldini was ready to offer 20M€ than that Lazio would even remotely be willing to accept such a low offer from Milan. I don’t doubt for a second that Maldini wasn’t prepared to offer that but I’m 1000% sure that Lazio would have never accepted the offer.
Last yesterday I read somewhere that SMS won’t be leaving Lazio for less than 40M€.
*Just yesterday…
I will rather sign Arda Guler, the boy is young, talented and can play the whole 90minutes. dont go in the season thinking cdk will solve that problem. sign Guler before other clubs snatch him
10m is a joke. That would be the steal of the decade. No way they’re selling him for that price.