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The World Cup performances of USA's Christian Pulisic have put Premier League clubs on alert for a potential January transfer away from Chelsea.
The £58million signing from Borussia Dortmund is entering the final 18 months of his contract at Stamford Bridge and there has been no noise from Chelsea or the player's camp regarding a potential renewal.
Manchester United and Newcastle both made enquiries in August and, along with Arsenal, are among those monitoring developments. Chelsea are considering whether it would make more economic sense to cash in on the 24-year-old during the January window rather than allow his contract to run down to the final 12 months and his value depreciate further.
Christian Pulisic has impressed for the USA at the World Cup so far with strong showings against England and Wales
The USA international has been lauded for his displays against Wales and England in their opening Group B encounters and was FIFA's man of the match following Friday's 0-0 draw with Gareth Southgate's men. The 24-year-old was influential as the USA took the upper hand against England, almost scoring with a first half shot that rattled Jordan Pickford's bar and earning praise from Liverpool's Jordan Henderson afterwards.
USA observers even hailed his performance as 'heroic' and say Pulisic has benefited during the tournament from playing under a
