Brad Friedel has urged Christian Pulisic to leave Chelsea in the summer.

“It goes back to having too many players at Chelsea. Look at who he is up against,” former Premier League goalkeeper Friedel said of Pulisic’s future in an interview with Sporting Post.

“I’m not one of those people who says someone should leave if they’re not playing because I believe you need to fight for your place and prove your worth.

“But if there aren’t going to be opportunities, Christian is one of the most important players for USA so we’re going to want him to be playing consistently.

“He has a year left on his contract but I’m sure there is someone out there that will want him. Then it’s down to the money side.

“I’ve never spoken to him so I don’t know what he wants, whether wants to stay and fight for his place or if he wants a new challenge.

“It’s going to be one of those summers where either he is told he is in Chelsea’s plans and they offer him a new deal, or he gets sold.

“Looking at things I’m thinking it’s probably the latter and we’ll see him somewhere else which could be good for him to play consistently.”