🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Callum Hudson-Odoi

Magic Lamps · January 26, 2019

14 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

I hope we don't see him back in years to come at a rival club.

It didn't make sense to say he needs game experience and then not play him. If he sees future elsewhere then that's his choice. Just seemed like had so much wasted potential.

he did get his minutes tho and will get them tomorrow too i guess.

he really is one impatient little rat. I think he good decent enough playing time so far and will get more and more. But for 35m which is 20m plus add-ons we should rather let him rot. Either bayern forks in 40m+ or he can kiss his career goodbye.

and i doubt we will see him at a rival club. Bayern don't sell and if they do only after they have made sure the player is washed up.

Vesper · January 26, 2019

1 hour ago, OneMoSalah said:

Ribery, Robben, Coman, Gnabry, even James and Thomas Muller can all play in those wide positions.

James didnt even get a start most weeks in any of those 3 attacking positions behind the CF at the start of the season. They are breaking the bank because the markets inflated and we rate Callum very highly, much higher than what City rated Sancho only selling him for 7m obviously, or they didnt expect him to do so well so fast.

If CHO isnt willing to wait to the summer to try break ahead of Pedro and Willian, why move to Bayern in January to be stuck behind at least 4 much more senior players (Ribery, Robbem, Coman, Gnabry - all good in their own regard and better than Callum for sure) as well as their new signing Davies who arrived from the MLS. Throw in Muller and James who can operate on both sides too if needed if there was say a massive injury crisis. Going now makes no sense, in the summer makes more sense because Ribery and Robben both probably wont be there.

Even then if he goes now or in the summer, he wont go to Bayern and start instantly every week,l because regardless of how stupid this club can be, if your good enough to start for Bayern Munich, youd simply be starting here.

Ribery, Robben, and James are all gone this summer, (we should have a stab! trade CHO for James via paying James £39.5m buy option from Real, which they have said they will NOT do already) so he would be served best waiting till then.

He will end up playing his less-favoured RW is my prediction, as they will have ZERO true RWers

Thomas Müller, as you said, could play there, but it is not his strength

Sir Mikel OBE · January 26, 2019

58 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

he did get his minutes tho and will get them tomorrow too i guess.

he really is one impatient little rat. I think he good decent enough playing time so far and will get more and more. But for 35m which is 20m plus add-ons we should rather let him rot. Either bayern forks in 40m+ or he can kiss his career goodbye.

and i doubt we will see him at a rival club. Bayern don't sell and if they do only after they have made sure the player is washed up.

He didnt get shit until Bayern wanted him, and soon as he committed to us Sarri would put him on the bench again behind willian and pedro because he knows if he doesnt win anything he will be sacked.

BlueLyon · January 27, 2019

4 hours ago, DDA said:

Just get rid of the little prick. Sick to the stomach of reading this bullshit in the news. Go play for the Germans and let's sign Bailey or someone.

Tbh I get him. Sarri doesnt play him in single important match, then he says he is on par with Pedro and Willian (which was bs just to keep him here), plays him a game and then again drops him to the bench with 5min cameos if that. Meanwhile he plays Willian.

Did anyone see just how shit Willian was vs spuds? Got to about 10 touches on the ball and fucked up every single time. Bad pass, dribbling and losing ball, shot in the stands.

But thing is its not that Cho didnt play much YET. Thing is he wont play for a long time. The club just loves crap "proven" players ahead of young, driven, exciting talents.

It will be massive shame and if it was another club, I would blame the player for not being loyal enough, but Chelsea and youth is one big bullshit. Cant blame him if he goes, he sees it like De Bruyne and Salah did (not our youth, but still young talents back then)

BlueLyon · January 27, 2019

5 hours ago, Robchels said:

Back to youth team for a year and a half and move on. Use it as a deterrent for similar behavior in the future.

Don't get bullied by a kid, his agent, or another club.

Maybe we should start taking these kids seriously as part of the club future and not a fucking profit factory.

MAYBE then they will give a shit.

herpthederp · January 27, 2019

Why would any young academy prospect show loyalty to Chelsea when Chelsea shows no loyalty to them? The club can't even bring itself to be a meritocracy, never mind a place that takes a chance on them.

robsblubot · January 27, 2019

1 hour ago, BlueLyon said:

Maybe we should start taking these kids seriously as part of the club future and not a fucking profit factory.

MAYBE then they will give a shit.

Right, but we really can't. And it's not just the fact that all our managers are constantly under pressure.

The transition for 18yo players is very difficult at this level. That's why the vast majority of them make the jump from 18 to, well playable, in smaller teams and in weaker leagues.

The club certainly has some funny business model, prob attached to some very peculiar requirements, but this is one thing I find it hard to fault the club.

In all likelihood, Odoi is still a couple/few years away from actually being able to influence matches.

Either way, this ship has sailed. Now we can either take the (very little) money or make a point.

mccg · January 27, 2019

Sky Sports reporter delivers update on Callum Hudson-Odoi at Chelsea FC

https://www.thesportreview.com/2019/01/chelsea-fc-latest-news-callum-hudson-odoi-bayern-munich/

Vesper · January 27, 2019

8 minutes ago, mccg said:

Sky Sports reporter delivers update on Callum Hudson-Odoi at Chelsea FC

https://www.thesportreview.com/2019/01/chelsea-fc-latest-news-callum-hudson-odoi-bayern-munich/

Post transfer request change-abouts are a tough slog.

Vesper · January 27, 2019

Superblue · January 27, 2019

I can understand the view that he should have been given more opportunities when players have under-performed, etc but as a just turned 18 year old playing for one of the top 10 teams in world football I actually think he has had sufficient minutes so far this season on the face of things. I'd be interested to know how many other players at his age at the top teams have played similar or more minutes.

I am also confident that if he stays here he would play a fair amount more minutes until the end of the season and could well at the end of the season be looking at 20-25 appearances across all competitions. For his age I think that's pretty damn good and shows a completely different position to Chelsea's way in the past.

IF this is purely about game time then I believe it is less risky for the club to keep him and prove to him that he can play here. It is becoming increasingly likely that Hazard will leave and CHO has the chance of taking that spot if he continues to establish himself amongst the team and squad this season. I'd have no problem lining up with CHO and Pulisic as our wide men next season if we're making a conscious effort to rebuild this team. Raw pace, raw talent, very direct style of play. If he is given increased playing time over the next 18 months and the opportunities to establish himself as first choice then I see no reason else why he would want to leave.

Jase · January 27, 2019

Ryan Fong · January 27, 2019

Basically he’s as good as gone. Chelsea has never hold up players who want to leave.

Talents go and come around, Chelsea itself is bigger than any individual, up the Chels! We can cope with his departure.

Costa19 · January 27, 2019

Can't see us selling him right now. We only have a couple of days to replace him and we all know the club doesn't do business quickly.

mccg · January 27, 2019