From £70m bids from Bayern Munich and England call-ups to a poor loan spell in Germany and a possible £4.5m transfer to Fulham... where has it all gone wrong for Callum Hudson-Odoi at Chelsea?
Callum Hudson-Odoi’s footballing career so far has been more a case of what could have been, than what he has been able to achieve. After breaking into the first team in January 2018, he looked set to become Chelsea’s and England’s future.
His performances even caught the attention of Bayern Munich, who submitted several bids, with one valued at up to £70million.
Now, he looks set to leave for local rivals Fulham, and will be lucky to go for a significantly less eye-catching £8m.
Chelsea have switched from ignoring his transfer requests to trying to force him out of the door to shrink their ballooning squad. Where did it all go wrong for the winger?
Life is notoriously difficult for a young English attacker. You are given little time to adjust to the life of the Premier League and the media are constantly trying to see if you are the player to finally bring football home.
For Hudson-Odoi, his emergence was not as explosive as previous English wonderkids such as Theo Walcott, Wayne Rooney or Michael Owen. Debuting off the bench in January 2018, he would have to wait until the next season for starts and key contributions to come his way at Chelsea.
Opportunities in the Europa League beckoned, where he registered four goals and two assists during the campaign. Sadly, an Achilles tendon rupture would rule him out of the closing stages, where Chelsea eventually lifted the trophy in Baku.
In January 2019, despite having fewer than 90 league minutes under his belt, German champions Bayern Munich submitted a bit reportedly worth up to £35m for the winger. Hudson-Odoi’s head turned, but Chelsea remained resolute, despite Hudson-Odoi filing a transfer request.
When Bayern inevitably came back in the summer, albeit with a reduced £22.5
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