'Overpriced' Chelsea flop agrees to leave

Tom Weber

28 Jun 2023 11:54 CDT
3 min read

Mauricio Pochettino, Chelsea, 2022/23 — © ProShots

Chelsea's massive summer clearout continues and Christian Pulisic appears to be the latest big name heading for the exit, according to Italian media.

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The Blues are drastically slimming down their bloated squad, already confirming several departures like N'Golo Kante, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mateo Kovacic and Edouard Mendy, while more are expected to be announced soon. The likes of Kai Havertz, Hakim Ziyech and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are expected to leave in the near future, with the latter reportedly heading to AC Milan.

There, he could be joined by another Chelsea outcast in Christian Pulisic. The US men's national team star has been linked with a Chelsea exit for months after barely featuring last term, seeing all the hype that his arrival garnered dissipate for good. He was even booed by the Blues faithful at one point.

Long said to be eyed to AC Milan, it appears that this transfer could finally be completed soon.

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Pulisic greenlights move

According to Sky Italia, the 24-year-old has assented to signing for the Italian giants, but the two clubs are yet to negotiate the finer details of the deal.

The latter could still prove to be a stumbling block. As Sky Italia have also relayed, Chelsea value Pulisic at €20 million at least, which AC Milan deem unacceptable, believing that the American is being massively overpriced.

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The same report went on to mention that Milan would focus on Adama Traore instead if the Blues weren't willing to soften their stance. Traore has been in negotiations with Wolves over a new contract but will be a free agent come the beginning of July as things stand.

So, even though Pulisic has greenlit a transfer, there is still some work to be done before a move can materialise. Nevertheless, there appears to be optimism at AC Milan that a deal will get finalised in the foreseeable future.