Four and a half years on from agreeing to join Chelsea, seven managers appointed both permanently and temporarily in that time - Frank Lampard repeated twice - and almost two times as many games missed as goals scored, Christian Pulisic is set to leave the club.
His spell in West London brings to an end one of the more disappointing transfers of the past decade for the Blues, who have had many. In terms of promise, few were as widely revered across the world when he joined. The fact that he started his life at the club under different management to that of which he was brought in was just a precursor for frustration that would linger on and prove unshakeable.
He is now set to move on to pastures new. Less spotlight, less vitriol and less underlying pressure from fans, pundits and the league as a whole. Pulisic's chance to shine and pave a way forward is still very much there. At 24 he has much to anticipate in the next years of his career and will be hoping to prove Chelsea wrong.
