Adams claims USA teammate Pulisic is ‘best player in Serie A’: “World class already”

Praise for Christian Pulisic is nothing new, with the AC Milan star regularly taking all the credit for club and country.

There are few players in world football, let alone in Italy, that have performed to the level that Pulisic has at the consistency which he has. For three years now, the American has been the shining star at Milan, proving to be a class above others.

In Serie A, his record is phenomenal, scoring 27 times in 76 games, whilst also providing 19 assists to his teammates. Staggering figures, but ones that the Rossoneri have become accustomed to now.

Pulisic praise

The credit for the winger is nothing new, and he was named our Player of the Season last year, but it is also received from teammates and fellow professionals. Speaking on the Men in Blazers podcast, American teammate Tyler Adams spoke of his ‘world-class’ quality, as GOAL relays.

“I text him on the side all the time, like individually, but it makes me so happy, especially walking into my own team changing room, for instance, and just saying like, an American is the best player in Serie A. Like, what’s the argument? Give me an argument.

“We’ll debate it right now. It’s unreal. And it’s more the fact that this is now not his first season doing it. It’s been three seasons. The stats don’t lie. His performances don’t lie against the biggest teams, the best opponents. He is always there, showing up.

“If he’s not world-class already, he’s as close as you get to being world-class. And I don’t say that lightly, of course, but how can you deny it? If we’re going to call someone that’s joint top scorer with him world-class, why are we not calling him world-class?

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“Listen, for me, he always shows up in the biggest games, regardless of what game or moment it is. And I’ve always had that feeling with the national team as well, that he shows up every single time we need him.

“I don’t want to speak for him, but when you watch a player like him play and you watch him with Milan, freedom gives him the best opportunity to be unbelievable. You don’t want to pigeonhole him in one position and say, ‘Stay out wide. When you get the ball, then you have your opportunity to go.’

“It’s like, come pop up in the spots where you feel you’re going to be dangerous. And you watch him play with Milan, and he’s always popping up in a different spot. The ball goes wide. He’s arriving in the box. That’s him. That’s the quality that he has. And you need to be able to give him that freedom to just be able to go find the solutions for our team. And he’s that player.”

It would be difficult to disagree with the Bournemouth midfielder; that much is for sure.