Chelsea: Lampard ‘doesn’t want Kepa at club’ says expert
Chelsea star Christian Pulisic was close to tears after being forced off in the FA Cup final against Arsenal at Wembley. The USA international was helped off the pitch by Chelsea staff after appearing to pull his hamstring.
Chelsea news: Christian Pulisic screamed out (Image: GETTY)
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Pulisic has impressed under Lampard this season and Blues hero Tony Cascarino reckons the winger could be better than Hazard.
“I’ve watched him develop and become a player,” Cascarino said.
“I looked at Hazard’s stats - first season, nine Premier League goals in his very first season, the 2012-13 season for Chelsea.
“I keep thinking: ‘Was Hazard as good as Pulisic has been?’ Pulisic has been out of the team at times through injury, he was brilliant in the Super Cup against Liverpool, but I think he has progressed into a player.
“He has got nine Premier League goals as well this season. I think Pulisic is going to be one hell of a player.
“He has got one advantage over Hazard, because Hazard was at Chelsea for a long time and over those years there were a few dips and sometimes he looked out of shape. Pulisic is a total pro, everything about him is professional.
“His pathway has been planned, from his parents down to him. The clubs, to get him to the Holy Grail of the Premier League, it’s all been programmed in a bit like an android, robot sort of form.
“Boy is he dangerous. If he stays in England for five, six, seven years for Chelsea, I think he’ll prove to be better than Hazard, and that’s a big call.”
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