Published 12:36 IST, November 12th 2020

Christian Pulisic injury update: USMNT star returns to Cobham as injury troubles continue

Christian Pulisic injury update: Chelsea star has returned to Cobham from the USMNT squad as he continues rehabilitation from a persisting hamstring injury.

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Christian Pulisic has returned to Chelsea from United States Men's National Team camp to continue his rehabilitation on an injury. 22-year-old has battled a host of injury problems since joining Blues last season and his latest spell on sidelines will be a fresh blow to Frank Lampard's side. Pulisic will miss USMNT's games against Wales and Panama on Thursday and Monday respectively. 

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Christian Pulisic injury update: Christian Pulisic hamstring struggles continue, returns to England 

Christian Pulisic injured his hamstring during training ahe of Premier League clash against Burnley on October 31. While Frank Lampard suggested that it was 'a small sensation' in his hamstring, 22-year-old is yet to feature for Blues since n.

Pulisic was named in USMNT squ for friendlies against Panama and Wales, but he coach Gregg Berhalter confirmed that dynamic winger will play part in upcoming friendlies and will return to Cobham, Chelsea's training facility, inste. 

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Christian Pulisic is a big part of USMNT squ and is amongst youngsters who form core of Berhalter's squ including likes of Dortmund's Giovanni Reyna, RB Leipzig's Tyler ams, Juventus' Weston McKennie and Barcelona's Sergi Dest. Chelsea star's absence is second high-profile one from squ after Werder Bremen's Josh Sargent missed out since COVID-19 travel protocols me him unavailable to travel for games.

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Pulisic h me his USMNT debut as a 17-year-old in 2016 and has represented his country on 34 occasions, scoring 14 goals.

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Will Christian Pulisic return for Chelsea vs Newcastle? 

Christian Pulisic has missed last three games for Chelsea and could return to line-up against Newcastle United. Frank Lampard h revealed that 22-year-old was yet to recover from his hamstring trouble last week and was at a low level in midweek and wasn't comfortable.

USMNT star h suffered an injury in FA Cup final against Arsenal and h only returned in early October, before ar kck later that month. Blues have me a decent start in Premier League despite Pulisic's prolonged absence and it remains to be seen how 22-year-old links up with newly signed attacking trio of Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech and Kai Havertz. 

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12:36 IST, November 12th 2020