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The newly appointed manager of Serie A strugglers Genoa, Andriy Shevchenko wants to go back to one of hs ormer clubs Chelsea to sign American winger Christian Pulisic.
The former Ukraine player and manager was appointed at the weekend to succeed Davide Ballardini who was sacked with his side 18th in the table after 12 games.
Given a contract until 2024, Shevchenko’s immediate task is to keep Genoa in the top flight, and he has already identified that the squad he has inherited needs strengthening.
One man on his shortlist is Pulisic, whose career at Chelsea has failed to really take off, with his time in West London blighted by a series of injuries.
He has just returned to fitness after his latest setback, but Is away in international duty now with the US team, with coach Thomas Tuchel already warning them about over using the 22 year old.
Pulisic is under contact at Stamford Bridge until 2024.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.