CHELSEA have BLOCKED Callum Hudson-Odoi’s loan move to Borussia Dortmund, according to reports.
The Bundesliga side have been keen to sign the Blues wonderkid, and were willing to promise him regular game time in his preferred left wing position.
But after stewing it over, boss Thomas Tuchel has reportedly stopped the loan from happening.
The Athletic claim Chelsea feel that Hudson-Odoi’s versatility makes him too important an option to lose – despite his lack of first-team action.
Winger Hudson-Odoi started the Blues’ narrow Uefa Super Cup triumph over Villarreal earlier this month.
But he has not been handed any action at all in the Premier League this term – being named as an unused substitute in each of Chelsea’s three games so far.
Tuchel believes that Hudson-Odoi provides good cover as a wing-back, wide man and No10.
But in order to gain more minutes, the 20-year-old may have to rely on team-mates getting injured.
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Hudson-Odoi earned three senior England caps during 2019.
But his chances of adding to them any time soon look bleak in his current situation.
He came back to Cobham earlier this summer full of enthusiasm and determination to break into the Chelsea first team.
But snubs in their first three games have left him questioning things.
As well as Dortmund, an unnamed member of the Premier League’s top six also reportedly made an approach to sign him.
