{"id":5184,"date":"2026-05-07T03:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5184"},"modified":"2026-05-07T03:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:30:38","slug":"man-utd-eye-move-for-ex-chelsea-forward-who-has-scored-42-goals-and-provided-26-assists-since-leaving-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5184","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd Eye Move For Ex-Chelsea Forward Who Has Scored 42 Goals And Provided 26 Assists Since Leaving England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<article>\n<p><strong>Man Utd have identified AC Milan winger Christian Pulisic as a potential transfer target, according to reports in the Italian media.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Calciomercato.com<\/em> claim that the former Chelsea player could well be the subject of an approach from the Red Devils this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Pulisic is closing in on the final year of his contract at the San Siro, although Milan do have an option to extend his stay for another twelve months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/manunews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?230424-120838\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on ManUNews.com<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, it is believed that the Rossoneri are open to offers for the American international as they need to make a big sale before the end of the accounting year on June 30th.<\/p>\n<p>Pulisic is one of those who has been made available, despite having scored 42 goals and contributed 26 assists in 132 appearances since moving to Italy three years ago.<\/p>\n<h2>Man Utd want to strengthen the left flank<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1071437217\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>The left wing is one of three positions that Director of Football Jason Wilcox wants to reinforce, along with central midfield and left-back.<\/p>\n<p>Pulisic\u2019s teammate, Rafael Leao, is another player who is on United\u2019s shortlist, along with the likes of RB Leipzig\u2019s Yan Diomande, Everton\u2019s Iliman Ndiaye and Lyon\u2019s <strong>Afonso Moreira<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Pulisic would be one of the cheapest options<\/h2>\n<p>Due to the 27-year-old\u2019s contract situation and Milan\u2019s willingness to sell, it is unlikely that the forward will be on the market for a high transfer fee at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Leao\u2019s price tag, in contrast, is said to be in the \u00a350m to \u00a360m range, while Leipzig are set to demand around \u20ac100m (\u00a387m) for Diomande.<\/p>\n<p>Signing a lower-cost winger would consequently help free up funds to buy one or more midfielders, as well as bring in much-needed competition for Luke Shaw at left-back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more news on Man Utd? Add Man U News as a preferred source on Google<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd have identified AC Milan winger Christian Pulisic as a potential transfer target, according&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}