Johnson explains Pulisic’s situation at Chelsea

The

have been placing

in different positions this season, and he hasn’t been showing his best performances in these performances, but the club’s former wing-back

Glen Johnson

has assured everyone that no matter where the American international plays, he should play as a wing-back because he isn’t good as a defender.

Quizzed on whether the American has a place in Chelsea’s long-term plans, ex-Blues right-back Johnson – speaking in association with

– told GOAL:

“I think he does. I like him a lot, but I don’t want to see him at right wing-back because he hasn’t got a defensive bone in his body!

“He is so good going forward and you can’t expect him to be good at it all. I don’t think he is a wing-back at all. Somebody like him playing on the left of [Romelu] Lukaku, and [Hakim] Ziyech on the right, you are going to struggle to get three better.

“Pulisic works his socks off, I know the lads like him in training and around the place, so he’s a good lad. He’s someone that is willing to work hard and play out of position, but I think to get the best out of him he is definitely better out wide on the left.”

The former England international has also talked about the Blues’ Belgian striker insisting that a player at

level should act more professionally and work on his performance instead of expecting people to understand his feelings.

“You can’t play to one man’s strengths, you have to play to the team’s strengths. If he doesn’t fit that then that’s his problem, not the team’s problem.

“I’m a fan of him, he’s a fantastic player and he will score goals, but Chelsea concede more goals when he plays and score more when he doesn’t play. I don’t think he should be barking orders, he should be trying to fit into the style of play. He has got some world-class players around him and he’s an intelligent player so it won’t be hard for him to work it out.

“Sometimes at the moment, when he does play, they go to him too quickly and too direct. That’s too easy to defend against because they are so spread out, the defenders know it’s going to Lukaku and they jump on him, put two men around him, and if they lose the ball there, then you are open to the counter – that’s why they concede a lot. If they can find a way of playing that is across the two styles, then he could be a massive player for them.

“He is the main man, they bought him to be the final piece of the puzzle as being that big striker they were missing, but they still have a fantastic side. They weren’t one man away, they still have brilliant players and a good way of playing. He needs to fit into it.”

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