{"id":616403,"date":"2022-08-16T12:52:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T16:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=616403"},"modified":"2022-08-16T12:52:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T16:52:50","slug":"newcastle-united-christian-pulisic-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/16\/newcastle-united-christian-pulisic-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle United Eyeing Loan Move for Chelsea Star Once Compared to Eden Hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle United have added Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic to a list of potential loan targets, according to David Ornstein of <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3505641\/2022\/08\/15\/ornstein-column-xhaka-jesus-arsenal-edwards-chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The USA international has not started either of the Blues&#8217; first two Premier League matches, coming on as a substitute in both.<\/p>\n<p>The Magpies are now alert to the situation and could make a move for the player who was <a href=\"https:\/\/soccer.nbcsports.com\/2020\/07\/06\/lampard-on-pulisic-hazard-comparisons\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">once compared<\/a> to Eden Hazard by his former manager Frank Lampard.<\/p>\n<h2>Newcastle Considering Loan Move for Christian Pulisic<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Newcastle are planning a move for Chelsea forward Christian Pulisic. (The Athletic) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kl9sofRS0n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/kl9sofRS0n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Transfer News Central (@TransferNewsCen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TransferNewsCen\/status\/1558408205662883842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Would Be Open to Departure<\/h3>\n<p>Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s side could be open to the departure of Pulisic, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/premierleague\/article-11106987\/Newcastle-United-consider-signing-Christian-Pulisic-away-Chelsea.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">does not have a guaranteed place<\/a> in the starting lineup following the arrival of Raheem Sterling from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/06\/manchester-city-predicted-starting-lineup\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ornstein adds that he is not the only attacking target Newcastle are looking at, though the other three also all come from Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Howe&#8217;s side reportedly also have an interest in Conor Gallagher, Armando Broja and Callum Hudson-Odoi.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Newcastle hierarchy, including Amanda Staveley, were present at Chelsea&#8217;s draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, and <a href=\"https:\/\/soccer.nbcsports.com\/2022\/08\/16\/christian-pulisic-linked-with-loan-move-to-newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC Sports<\/a> say that they were keen to discuss deals surrounding players on the fringes of Chelsea&#8217;s team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Amanda Staveley has been spotted at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea\u2019s co-owner Behdad Eghbali ahead of their match vs Spurs this afternoon.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NUFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dVGbkMOe47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dVGbkMOe47<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NUFC HQ (@NUFC_HQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NUFC_HQ\/status\/1558839843286929408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Newcastle Searching for Attacking Options<\/h3>\n<p>As well as scouring Chelsea&#8217;s squad for attacking reinforcements, Newcastle are looking at the Championship as well.<\/p>\n<p>They have seen a bid of around \u00a317.5 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/12673861\/newcastle-transfer-news-watford-reject-17-5m-bid-for-joao-pedro-as-magpies-target-chelseas-conor-gallagher\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">knocked back<\/a> by Watford for Joao Pedro, though they are expected to go back in with a second offer.<\/p>\n<p>Watford insist that the Brazilian is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11115327\/Watford-reject-Newcastles-20m-bid-Brazilian-forward-Joao-Pedro-insist-NOT-sale.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not for sale<\/a>, though that does not seem to have deterred Newcastle as they desperately look to bring in another attacker.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle United have added Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic to a list of potential loan targets, according to David Ornstein of The Athletic. The USA international has not started either of the Blues&#8217; first two Premier League matches, coming on as a substitute in both. The Magpies are now alert to the situation and could make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1144,"featured_media":616404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,1267,7188],"tags":[1407,314,9357],"class_list":["post-616403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-newcastle-united","category-rumours","tag-chelsea-transfers","tag-christian-pulisic","tag-newcastle-united-transfers"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}