Christian Pulisic has revealed that he is unaware of transfer speculation surrounding him this summer as the USMNT star looks set to exit Chelsea.
Having hardly featured for the Blues under three different managers this season he is now widely expected to be one of the many first team stars making a move away from the club. Despite Mauricio Pochettino's appointment, Pulisic has just over 12-months left on his contract and hasn't been offered new terms.
With just one goal in 30 appearances, mostly from the bench, it has been by far his worst season in terms of output and has coincided with the massive drop-off of the team, who fell to a 12th placed finish. There is now interest from across Europe in the American winger.
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Napoli, AC Milan and Juventus are all said to be keen on signing him but face financial obstacles of meeting his large wages and also agreeing a fee with Chelsea. The Blues paid £55m ($68.3m) to bring him to England in 2019 but aren't said to be looking for a massive return on that.
He could be available for as little as £20m ($24.8m) heading into the transfer window, but Pulisic isn't disturbed by the noise going on around him. "I don't keep any social media on my phone anymore so I probably don't see as much as you guys think I do. I don't know what's going on," he said.
"People will text me sometimes and be like, 'you're going here?' And I'll be like, 'I didn't even know that.' So, they know more than me most of the time."
Pulisic is preparing to play a set of key fixtures for USA as they look to win the CONCACAF Nations League and retain their crown. With a match against Mexico to come first, and then the prospect of a final or third-placed match with Panama or Canada afterwards.
Pulisic will likely captain his side with Tyler Adams injured and it offers a chance to get back to playing consistent minutes once more after another frustrating year domestically. "It's been a really tough season for me personally and for our team of course at a club level," he admitted.
"So, for me it's just about coming in here and having a fresh start and being able to be a part of a team that hopefully can come out and win some games.
"I'm really excited to be here and just to get some minutes on the field and just get back to being that confident player that I know I can be in and just find my footing again and just enjoying the game because it feels like it's been tough to do that lately."
He added: "Obviously, it's been an interesting journey at club level for me. I thought it was a great couple years and the last couple years just haven't gone at all how I've planned them to be.
"And right now my focus is obviously here with the national team. I'm just excited to get back playing and just enjoy myself and do what I love to do out on the field. And from there, this summer, we're obviously going to have to see what happens.
"It's obviously very early, as of right now I'm a Chelsea player and plan to go back but a lot of things can happen, a lot of things can change."
Chelsea are set to tour USA this summer but may not have the main attraction in the squad anymore with a soft deadline of June 30 to complete sales in order to address accounting issues and pressure. When it comes to planning, Pulisic was coy on what is next.
"Yeah, it's a tough one. As I said, right now it's in the back of my head, I'm not even thinking about where I want to be next season, I'm focused on the national team, I want to be here, I want to win games, that's the sole focus of mine.
"When the time comes I need to also rest after this, get away from the game a bit and enjoy my break, see my family and all those kinds of things. Once it's time to make decisions and see what options I have then I'll deal with it, until then I'm just focused here."
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