Chelsea manager Graham Potter “doesn’t like” Christian Pulisic, in the view of former United States international Eric Wynalda.
The forward spoke in glowing terms of Chelsea’s decision to replace Thomas Tuchel with Potter and looked excited for what he hoped was a fresh start.
Still, and while these are early days of course, Pulisic has started only once under the former Brighton manager’s watch.
Having grown unhappy at the club during Tuchel’s tenure, Pulisic was tempted to leave over the course of the summer after attracting interest from Manchester United.
With the World Cup on the horizon, a £57.6m signing from Borussia Dortmund in 2019 was eager to try and guarantee as much first-team football as possible.
Potter, however, has stressed that preparing players for next month’s tournament in Qatar was not his primary concern at Chelsea and clearly has a number of other options in forward areas within his squad.
Speaking to VegasInsider, Wynalda – the USMNT’s top scorer until 2008 said: “A lot of comments coming from Graham Potter suggesting that he’s (Pulisic) great around the place, he’s a good player, he’s a good guy, we’re all rooting for him.
“Bottom line is Graham Potter doesn’t like him. He just doesn’t like him. He’s the one player that if he’s coming down the hallway, he’s looking for the side door. He doesn’t wanna talk to him. He doesn’t wanna look at him and nobody will admit that.”
