Why Pulisic needs to join Newcastle United

Former Newcastle United goalie Shaka Hislop has advised Chelsea star Christian Pulisic to leave Stamford Bridge and join the Magpies this summer.

Pulisic is one of the Blues players that have been tipped to leave as they plan to reduce the number of players in their squad under new manager Mauricio Pochettino.

According to the former goalkeeper, Pulisic would get the management he needs to be successful at Newcastle.

In words picked up by Newcastle World, Hislop said: “I think he’d get the management he needs at Newcastle United. Listen, if Newcastle come in for Christian Pulisic, if I have anything to do with advising him, I’m telling him take it.

“Let’s remember Christian Pulisic has struggled to establish himself in a team that just finished 12th in the league. And given his stop-start and inconsistencies in English football – even dating back to his latter Dortmund days – right now, to get a team finishing in the top-four, top-half of the Premier League, I can’t think of any other.

“The reason I say he’ll get the management he needs is because I look at what Eddie Howe has done with Almiron. If you look at the wide players at Newcastle, we’re talking Willock or Murphy, Eddie Howe likes utilising that pace. I would have him. I think he fits how Eddie Howe likes to play. He does not bring the kind of ego and will allow himself to be coached, to learn under Eddie Howe. And just as Almiron did, I think he has a significant role to play.”