Football
Stephan Uersfeld, Germany correspondent 7y

Christian Pulisic can become a world superstar - Dortmund executive

Borussia Dortmund's U.S. international Christian Pulisic can become a global superstar, the club's marketing executive Carsten Cramer has told Spox.com.

Pulisic, 18, has started 18 matches, six of them in the Champions League, in his first full season as a professional.

In January, the midfielder signed a new contract at Dortmund until 2020, and is likely to be part of the squad for the club's first tour of the United States next year.

Cramer said: "By American standards, Christian Pulisic has the potential to become a global superstar.

"There has not been a comparable player in the past. To that effect, he is a gigantic draw, maybe comparable to Shinji Kagawa's relevance in Japan."

Cramer added that Dortmund "will not be capable of immediately filling a 90,000-capacity stadium like Real Madrid can do" and said they would cooperate with different clubs on their American tour.

"We will also contemplate whether it would make sense to not only go to the east coast but also the western part of the United States," he said.

"Because of the Hispanic community, there is a higher football affinity than on the east coast."

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