Fulham make £4.5m offer for Hudson-Odoi with the player looking to leave Chelsea

Fulham have made an offer worth around £4.5m for Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi.

The 22-year-old has one year remaining on his deal at Stamford Bridge and is seeking a fresh challenge this summer.

He spent season loan at Bayer Leverkusen but struggled to make the impact he would have liked with just one goal in 21 appearances across all competitions.

Hudson-Odoi has been with Chelsea since the age of eight, but as reported by Mail Sport earlier this summer, he is now set to leave his boyhood club.

Fulham's bid though does fall under Chelsea's £8m valuation of the player.

However, there is an acknowledgement that Hudson-Odoi needs to be playing consistent senior football, a prospect that may not be forthcoming under Mauricio Pochettino next season.

Chelsea are open to listening to offers for their academy graduate during the summer transfer window.

Hudson-Odoi first broke into the Chelsea first-team in January 2018, and has since gone on to make 126 appearances for the Blues - netting 16 goals.

At Bayer Leverkusen, he did get regular minutes in the first-half of the season and started all six of their Champions League outings.

However, in Leverkusen's final 13 games of the Bundesliga season, Hudson-Odoi played just seven minutes - with seven matches where he was left as an used substitute, while he also suffered with injuries.

Fulham finished ahead of Chelsea in the 2022-23 Premier League season, with the Cottagers placing tenth on 52 points - eight ahead of 12th placed Chelsea who endured a miserable season.

The Blues will be hoping for a much better season under former Spurs boss Pochettino, and there has been a big turnaround in players this campaign already.

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