I'm still yet to see anything that convinces me that this guy is going to be anything special, so I'm with you, I wouldn't want us waste money on him. Right wing has gone very stale for us, we need somebody good enough right now, not somebody that may be good in 2 or 3 years time.
Right, and to top it all off, they are throwing around upwards of £70m for him. No thanks.
I agree... I'm a big fan of his, and he's already the best outfield player that the US has ever produced (short list, I know), but that's too big a fee... unless you get something equally as absurd as 70M for Willian. As a straight swap for 10 years younger, I'd do that move in a heartbeat. I consider Willian to be second choice behind Pedro anyway. Pedro extended for a year, so it would give Pulisic a year to get acclimated with the squad.
They can shove that 70M to hell........we can get Fekir for 50-55M......no more than 45M for this lad imo. Problem is thanks to few Clubs the prices are just ridiculous.......we wont pay 70M for him but the likes of City would in a Heart beat if they needed him.
talking with my friend the other day... I said Pulisic will probably triple the highest transfer fee for an American... that fee would be 45M. I think that's about right, even in an inflated market.... not even counting the fact that he only has 18 months on his contract.
He could also end up being rubbish and we find ourselves in a position where we are trying to sell him for cheap. I'm not anywhere close to being convinced that this guy is going to be as good as some people say he will be. I'm not sure where this hype for him comes from.
Not sure which players currently in the premier league have done more at a younger age than Pulisic. Look at Willian's track record before coming to Chelsea. Pulisic already has 100 appearances and 19 goals for club and country and just turned 20 this September. I can't see him burning out myself.
That's because there are only 12 players qualified for the US Soccer team. Case of necessity, really.
I wouldn't be against signing Pulisic don't get me wrong, looking back in a few years it may be the case that he improved the team and we simply couldn't sign anyone better at the time, but come on that's a BS statistic - how productive would Messi or Ronaldo have been had they played in the Bundesliga at 20? There's simply no case for comparison, for me Pulisic is more Harry Kewell or Andros Townsend than Messi or Ronaldo - he's not even close to their potential at the same age.
I have an odd respect for Andros Townsend considering that at the age of 27, he's finally learned how to use his right foot.
First that was as a teenager.... before turning 19 so as a 17 and 18 year old. He just turned 20. He's 4 months older than Mason Mount, and Mount has been doing his thing in the Championship this year. Pulisic has been doing it in the Bundesliga for 3 years. And while he's no Messi or Ronaldo, he's much closer to them than he is to either of your comparison's. Pulisic did more before turning 20 than Townsend has his entire career. While I don't think he's Messi, I think he'll be better than Raheem Sterling.
Maybe, I still believe he would have made Englands top 11 better at the last World Cup
