Chelsea hero Mario Melchiot has urged fans to ease their expectations around Christian Pulisic.

Pulisic joined Chelsea from Borussia Dortmund in January for a fee of around £58million.

The USA international was immediately loaned back to Dortmund for the remainder of the campaign.

"I think if you put that pressure on Pulisic it would set him up for failure," Melchiot told the Daily Express.

“I don't think that you should look at it like that.

“I don't think Chelsea have bought Pulisic to be the star man straight away.

“He's definitely one of the most talented players in America.

“But when you look at Dortmund, [Jadon] Sancho is their star man right now."