Transfer news: Chelsea offer Christian Pulisic as part of Matthijs de Ligt deal

Christian Pulisic has a big summer ahead of him as the USMNT star will be thinking long and hard about his future at club level.

Should he stay at Chelsea? Should he leave? Where should he go?

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The latest report on his future is from The Daily Telegraph, as they say that Chelsea have offered Juventus one of Pulisic and Timo Werner, plus cash, for Matthijs de Ligt.

Of course, USMNT fans will be hoping whatever happens with Christian Pulisic at Chelsea will be best for the U.S. ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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But there is no way of knowing what will be best for his future and this summer is a really big moment in his career.

Look, it’s clear that Chelsea seem pretty keen to freshen up their attack and are okay with moving on from Pulisic this summer.

Pulisic has scored big goals and won big trophies at Chelsea over the last three seasons but his injury record is concerning and he doesn’t really suit Thomas Tuchel’s 3-4-2-1 system as the German coach prefers narrow attackers and Pulisic is a true winger.

Whether or not Chelsea’s new American owners will sell him — he has two years left on his contract so his transfer value will only diminish after this summer, if he doesn’t sign a new deal — remains to be seen but plenty of clubs will want to pick up the USMNT star. His talent is undoubted.

With Raheem Sterling and Ousmane Dembele both linked with a move to Chelsea, plus the Blues pushing hard to sign Raphinha from Leeds, all three of those players play in very similar positions to Pulisic.

It doesn’t look great for his future at Chelsea.

Tuchel likes Pulisic, a lot, but he’s admitted that he