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Callum Hudson-Odoi
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Set him free Duffer, you know it’s the right thing to do.
#DONTGOCHO
He'll score tomorrow, set up a hat trick of assists for Higuain and sign a 6 year contract in the centre circle at full time.
Bild are on it too. Say goodbye to the lad
According to them he had signed for Bayern about a month ago.
They didnt think Chelsea would reject that offer for someone who barely got a look in
I don't think we'll sell him this window, would leave us pretty short with no time to replace him.
The annoying thing about this is that he is actually getting more minutes than any 18 year old academy graduate at Chelsea I can remember. I can't think of another (just turned) 18 year old getting regular game time at a top 4 club. This guy is a year younger than your own Chong!
If Bayern come calling though I can't blame him.
He should see that pedro and willian are 30 plus and both declining, has a real chance of breaking in the team if he knuckles down.
We should definitely be in for him. I don't know what club he supported as a child but imagine if it was United.
History does not really show that we ever give them the chance though. I won't hold any ill feelings towards him if he goes to Bayern Munich.
He should see that English talent are going to Germany and bossing it. Going to Germany is probably best for him and best for the national team.
I think he’d have a shot at getting in the England squad for the Nations League finals this summer if he moves.
And then he remembers Chelsea spent huge on Pulisic.
He's off. A few of our reporters confirming it. Fifield, Kinsella and Twomey, Doesn't want to be here. Head turned. Cheerio. Bit late in window to replace so on that note, be interesting if club agree to sell him to bayern, but in the summer like they've done with Pavard
Thats assuming eden is here next season.
The thing is, if he cannot displace Pulisic and force himself in the Chelsea team, he will also struggle to get game time in Munich. I hope for his development's sake he has calculated his chances pretty well, as Bayern rarely allow themselves to have limited options. If he doesn't want to be the lesser part of their rotation he has to prove himself a better option than at least two of Coman, Gnabry and Davies. And that's assuming Bayern don't buy/promote anyone else.
Selling Eden means Chelsea will replace him with a top player. You don’t lose your best player and replace him with a teenager who hasn’t even play much in professional football and putting the pressure on him.
Hello we are needing players for the U21 Euros!!!
That’s correct. But Bundes Liga seems to be easier league tha EPL and has proven that a lot of English young players can actually getting game time there than EPL. Nelson & Sancho are two examples recently.
There are loads at that level, Gray, Nelson, Foden, Lookman and Sessegnon. Jarrod Bowen can’t even get a call up.
Even then, the game time given has been pretty low.
And Kane, Sterling, Rashford, Sancho & Wilson are enough forwards to win the Nations League
Sure, he could have played more but he only turned 18 a couple of months ago. When was the last time a 17 year old was a regular for a top 4 side? Fabregas maybe?
CHO is a special talent but I really don't think Chelsea have massively miss-handled his development. He has just seen how all the other kids before him struggled to get in the side, how Sancho has done in Germany and also has Bayern fecking Munich whispering in his ear! Like I said, I can't blame him if he moves.
He's getting games because Chelsea are desperately trying to keep him, if Bayern weren't sniffing around CHO wouldn't himself be getting a sniff of game time
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Be interesting to see how the club react to his transfer request. Will probably be dealt with right at the top... Normally I would think making a request like this could be pretty counterproductive.
Let's see if he's in the squad tomorrow.
Let's see if he's in the squad tomorrow.
What is the transfer record for a kid who has never started a league game?
There's serious competition at Bayern, though. Even more so than at Chelsea. Perhaps it's just simply a case of being enamoured by joining a club such as Bayern, reputation and all.
Vincius junior maybe ?
There's also rumours of RB Leibzig being interested. He'd have a far better chance of breaking into their side and Lookman is already there.
Javi Martinez going for 6 million to Athletic Bilbao at 17 is the only one I can think of.
Played 37 league games for Flamengo. I don't watch Brazilian football but I bet at least 1 of them was as a starter!
Played 32 league games before Bilbao signed him. 3rd tier stuff but a league game is a league game.
The transfer was completed 10 days after his league debut. He had to stay in Brazil until he was 18 since he was only 16 at the time.
But Lookman started for Everton a few hours ago.
I thought he was still there! Doh.
Criminal IMO if Chelsea let him go. He's such a good talent. Does he just want out completely?
Rashford has been a regular aged 18
Alli has been starting for Spurs since he was 19
Great talents usually force themselves into the team because they are really good at a young age, more often than not it is the club‘s policy of youth and squad development that is holding them back.
There are other examples as well like Alexander-Arnold, Wilshere...
He was played in Cup games and Europa even before all this.
It’s a mad price but if CHO and Alphonso Davies live up to expectations, Bayern will have spent approx 50m on very good Robben and Ribery replacements