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Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic must knuckle down and focus on proving his ability to head coach Frank Lampard if the Blues sign Philippe Coutinho in the next transfer window, says Craig Burley. Pulisic is in his debut campaign at Chelsea and enjoyed a good run in the side before picking up an abductor injury which has kept him out since early January.
Chelsea transfer news: Burley says Christian Pulisic should not worry if Philippe Coutinho joins (Image: ESPN/GETTY)
The former Chelsea midfielder says if Pulisic is good enough for Chelsea then he will prove that, no matter who else they sign.
"The American public should stop worrying or American soccer fans should stop worrying about whoever's going to sign for Chelsea," Burley told ESPN.
"Because either Christian Pulisic, like every other player, is going to be good enough to hold down a place in the team no matter who they sign, or he's not. It's as simple as that really.
"You shouldn't as a player worry about who is going to be coming in.
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"You want better players to be coming in because I think when you play with better players, you play better yourself.
"And if you're not playing, it's because you've not shown you're good enough or doing enough to get game time.
"It's part and parcel of the job and I don't think the young man will be worried about who Chelsea are going to be bringing in.
"I think he will be purely focused on, whenever the season restarts or when the next season starts, of showing Frank Lampard on a consistent basis the glimpses of what we saw in the last six months or so, which were pretty good."
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Former USA international Herculez Gomez agrees Pulisic must not worry about who Chelsea sign.
Gomez said: "If you're worrying about who's going to come in at a club like Chelsea, you're going to do a whole lot of worrying, because that's a huge platform and is a team that is always going to have targets linked in your position, and probably three or four at a time."