Christian Pulisic tipped for Newcastle transfer after position change

Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic has been tipped to sign for Newcastle by former USA international Eric Wynalda after the 24-year-old showed good attitude after his switch to wing-back by Graham Potter. The American has lined up in the deeper position for the Blues in the club’s last two matches and has not complained despite being used out of position. Pulisic is yet to properly impress at Stamford Bridge since his arrival from Borussia Dortmund in 2019, scoring 26 goals and contributing a further 21 assists in 129 matches. As a result, he has been regularly linked with a move away with both Newcastle and Manchester United credited with an interest in the player, who may be hopeful of more game time. However, he has found himself back in the first team in recent matches with Potter using him as a wing-back against RB Salzburg and Brighton. He switch in position has seen mixed results with the player impressing in the Champions League, setting up Kai Havertz equaliser against the Austrian champions. Yet he was poor in the Premier League encounter against Brighton, with his lack of defensive nous badly exposed as the hosts ran riot in a 4-1 win. Despite this, Wynalda has praised his fellow American’s attitude, especially in comparison to his teammate Raheem Sterling. DON’T MISS: Chelsea ‘scouting Denzel Dumfries’ as Potter eyes ex-Man Utd target Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic has been tipped for a move to Newcastle (Image: GETTY)’Sterling played wing back once and that did not go well at all,” he told VegasInsider. “There were a lot of looks to the bench. There was ‘I can’t defend’. ‘I should be up there where Mount’s playing’. ‘Put me up there I don’t wanna be here’. His ego really was the reason why that hasn’t happened again.’Pulisic is saying ‘I’ll play, I got it. Let’s go’ and that’s why we got to see him at wingback. He got an assist out of the game where he came inside to pick up the ball which might be him indicating to his manager that he needs more of the ball and he doesn’t want to be chasing the ball. He wants to have the ball.” Yet Wynalda was also keen to stress that he saw Pulisic’s future further up the pitch and hoped to see him make the move to the north-east one day. MUST READ…Ukraine football match interrupted by air raid siren as players taken offGuardiola fires scary warning to Arsenal after Man City beat LeicesterArsenal receive Cody Gakpo transfer backing from Robin van Persie Chelsea boss Graham Potter has started to use Christian Pulisic as a wing-back (Image: GETTY)”Long-term future he needs to be a left winger in a team where he’s going to get more time,” he explained. “I would not mind seeing Christian Pulisic wearing the black and white stripes of Newcastle.’The Magpies have had the better of Chelsea so far this season and sit three points clear of the Blues in fourth place as the race for the Champions League next season hots up. It remains to be seen if Pulisic will ever make the move to St James’ Park but it would certainly be an exciting opportunity if the chance was to ever arise. WIN A FREE ENGLAND SHIRT FOR THE WORLD CUP! Want the latest Premier League news as we publish it on Express Sport? Join our brand new Facebook group by clicking here