Christian Pulisic says he wants to make the same impact that
Eden Hazard has had at Chelsea and hopes to play alongside the Belgium
superstar at Stamford Bridge.
The US international signed a five-and-a-half-year contract
with Maurizio Sarri’s team in January but was immediately loaned back to
Germany to finish the season at Borussia Dortmund.
“It is incredible to see what Eden can do,” Pulisic, 20,
said. “He (Hazard) is a guy to look up to and what I would love to become.
“It is definitely a goal. Any player would be dumb not to
want to be in the same team as him.”
But the £58 million ($73 million) signing appears unlikely
to get his wish to play alongside Chelsea’s star man, with Hazard persistently
linked with a move to Real Madrid.
Pulisic, who scored four times in 20 league appearances last
season for Dortmund, who finished as runners-up to Bayern Munich, said he
wanted to inspire young American footballers.
“I don’t want to be looked at as someone who is the youngest
to do this or that,” said Pulisic, who is both the youngest player to captain
the United States and to score for them in a World Cup qualifier.
“I just want to be an established player and someone people
respect, who is successful in this league.
“It is completely new to me and something not a lot of
American players have experienced.”
Pusilic spent part of his childhood in England and relished
the football culture.
“I soon realised how much people over here loved the game.
To be in that culture and get thrown right in just grew my passion even more,”
he said.
“Every day after school I was on the court playing.
“I would go to games with my dad, including one at Chelsea.
I don’t remember how old I was but it would have been around the time Jose
Mourinho was there.
“The fans were screaming and yelling. The atmosphere was
fantastic. I had never seen anything like it.”
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