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The transfer window for the big five leagues in Europe has come and gone. On the American front now that the 6 p.m. ET deadline is behind us, Christian Pulisic and Sergino Dest captured most of the attention as due to their imperfect situations at Chelsea and Barcelona, respectively. Pulisic did not get his desired move away from the club despite all the signings the Blues made while Dest sealed a deadline-day loan move to reigning Italian champions AC Milan.
Both have struggled to make any type of significant impact at their clubs with Dest seemingly exiled by a manager in Xavi that clearly thought he didn’t have the chops to play for the club. He now goes to Italy in search for more playing time. Pulisic is often being used as a wingback and hardly enjoying life in London after being relegated to the bench for every Premier League game thus far this season.
So let’s break down what’s went down, what their current/new situation means in the build-up to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and much more:
Pre-deadline day roles
Pulisic: It’s been rough sledding for the Pennsylvania native. He’s not even in the category of impact sub anymore for the Blues as he simply hasn’t been making a difference. Chelsea have played five Premier League games and Pulisic has not started any of them. In fact, he’s played a total of 95 minutes, completed a woeful 71.4% of his passes and failed to get a single shot on goal. What’s just as concerning is this is a Chelsea attack struggling for consistency, looking for somebody not named Raheem Sterling to do something. Deadline-day addition Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang — and not Pulisic — might be the answer to their problems, unfortunately.
Dest: If you though things were bad for Pulisic, the outlook was much dire for Dest at Barcelona before he was moved to Milan. The Dutch-born U.S. international hasn’t played a meaningful game since April as he has been unused by…
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