Christian Pulisic's decision to sign for AC Milan was not well received by Landon Donovan.

The USMNT legend believes that with the upcoming World Cup on home soil, Pulisic should have chosen to play in MLS.

Although Pulisic's transfer has not been made official yet, everything points to Milan being his next destination in exchange for around 20 million euros.

"The World Cup is coming in three years," Donovan said.

"This is once in a lifetime. He's going to be in the prime of his career, his life as a soccer player, his earning potential - I'm sure he's making plenty of money - but the ability to come to MLS kind of like [Lionel] Messi did.

"I'm not so sure that wasn't a big reason for Messi, the World Cup coming here."

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Donovan believes Galaxy should have gone for Pulisic

The USMNT legend reiterated that it would have been a great move for the Galaxy to repatriate an American superstar with international recognition to MLS before the World Cup.

"I think it would have been a great move ... for the Galaxy to go out and get Christian," Donovan added.

"Bring him here, pay whatever you have to pay him. Bring an American superstar who has global recognition back to MLS ahead of the World Cup.

"I think it would have been a great move and I can hear the Twitterverse going crazy.

"My biggest thing is he needs to play. I know we all said when he went to Chelsea, 'He's going to play a lot.'

"He didn't play a lot, especially last year. At AC Milan. I would think he's going play a lot but you just don't know.

"So leading into the World Cup, what if he spends the last six months leading into 2026 like he did this year, then what happens?

"He's not playing a lot and he's not in good form going into the World Cup."