The US midfielder is closing the Germany chapter of his life to put himself on route to England for the next one, as part of Chelsea and the Premier League.
It's been five years, five years since a young boy made a drastic change leaving his family and friends behind to one day fulfill a dream. Christian Pulisic arrived in Germany with 15-years-old to Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park, a place where he learned the beauty of soccer, a place that he now says goodbye no longer a boy but a man, on and off the pitch.
The US international will play his last game wearing black and yellow, his final game as part of Borussia Dortmund's squad, on Saturday, May 11 against Düsseldorf. A match where he will say goodbye to the 'yellow wall' putting an end to a team that embraced him as a child, and where he lived the best years of his life so far.
Pulisic, at 20-years-old, will look forward to a new challenge, a new team, a new city, and a new country, as starting next season he'll be part of Chelsea. A move he's doing in favor of his career and ambitions since for him the Premier League is the next step.
"I can still remember when a teacher at school asked me what I wanted to do; I was 13 or 14. I said that I wanted to be a professional footballer. She said that chances were very slim for that to happen. I answered by saying that I'd come back in seven or eight years, and we'll talk again then. I'm excited to do that; I definitely want to do it," was what Christian Pulisic said to Ruhr Nachrichten agency during an interview.
Borussia Dortmund
BVB became the ideal place for Pulisic to learn how to achieve his ultimate goal of being a professional footballer, as he arrived in Germany with nothing but a dream.
"I've always been given huge support here, it all started with the coaches — First Hannes Wolf, who always helped me. Then Jürgen Klopp, who was always very caring. Just like all the coaches in the first team. My teammates all took me on board as well. It always gave me such a good feeling."
Saying farewell
Because of the bond that joins Dortmund and Pulisic, his goodbye this Saturday won't be an easy one.
He described it as painful that it will probably hit him when they reach the stadium, where the final home game of the 2018/19 season for Dortmund will be played, but for him, it will be last game at a place he has been calling home.
"I think, there will be quite a lot of emotions involved. That won't be easy at all. It's the best stadium I've ever played in. I'm going to miss that atmosphere. It's hard for me to explain. Even when I see the Südtribüne today, I just think 'how crazy is that' they are just amazing. But most of all, though, I'll miss the people in Dortmund. It was the best five years of my life," Pulisic concluded.