Chelsea forward Christian Pulisic cannot replace Eden Hazard, but has different qualities to the new Real Madrid player, says Sky Sports pundit Danny Higginbotham.
Pulisic joined Chelsea from Borussia Dortmund in January for a fee of £57.6m, but was loaned back to the German club for the last six months of the season.
The 20-year-old USA international impressed in Chelsea's UEFA Super Cup defeat to Liverpool on penalties on Wednesday night, after making his Premier League debut off the bench against Manchester United on Sunday.
However, Higginbotham believes it will be hard for Pulisic, who scored 19 goals in four seasons at Dortmund, to replace Eden Hazard after his summer move to Real Madrid, saying: "You can't expect that.
"People will ask the question, how do you replace Hazard? You can't.
"What you can do is look for a player that can give great qualities. Pulisic, I must admit against United when he came on he didn't do too much, but he was a real stand-out player against Liverpool.
"Frank Lampard will be delighted with that, he's only a young player still getting to grips with the English side of the game, but it was great promise yesterday.
"You can't fill Eden Hazard's boots but what you can do is bring a player in who can bring different qualities."
Trevorn
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I never knew Pulisic was that good til that match against Liverpool😲. His situation at Chelseas is like Hazard's situation at Madrid; They were'nt bought to REPLACE previous stars, they were bought to create a name for themselves. Pulisic has what it takes to be a wonderful player for Chelsea. If all goes well, later down this season you guys would even forget that Hazard was a Chelsea player. I have faith in him.
Dwise
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Pulisic can't replace Hazard but he can replace Hazard position in d field