Chelsea have received a written offer from Lyon to join USMNT international Christian Pulisic.
the athlete It was revealed earlier today that Milan have made their first oral offer for the 24-year-old Chelsea winger worth €14m (£12m, $15.3m).
But they face stiff competition from Lyon, who made their second bid for Pulisic today.
Lyon’s offer is valued at €25m (£21.5m, $27.3m) plus a significant sale clause which is still being negotiated.
The suggestion is at a level Chelsea would find acceptable to Pulisic and they are reluctant to let him out to a lower level.
Chelsea has a very good relationship with Leon from January recruit Malo Gusto and is smitten with the project being overseen by American owner John Textor.
Pulisic, who has played 60 matches for the USMNT, joined Chelsea from Borussia Dortmund in January 2019.
He scored 26 goals in 145 matches for Chelsea.
“It never got back to that early form.”
Liam Tommy and Paul Tenorio have looked at Pulisic’s career with Chelsea and how it appears to have hit its stride. Here’s part of it – you can read the The full article here…
“This has been Pulisic’s most frustrating and least productive season at Chelsea.
He ranked 20th in the team for minutes played in all competitions in 2022-23 and has given Chelsea plenty of signals in the first year of ownership of Todd Bohle and Clearlake Capital that they are moving from America, not least by overspending their combined £100m ($124.1m) on Raheem Sterling and Mykhailo Modric.
“After a sharp end to the COVID-19-affected 2019-20 season, Pulisic has never come close to regaining such form.”
Go deeper
Christian Pulisic and Chelsea started their paths – so where next for the USMNT’s MVP?
(Photo: Getty Images)
“Food ninja. Friendly thinker. Explorer. Entrepreneur. Zombie junkie.