Chelsea star tells Blues he wants to leave as four clubs battle for loan deal

Callum Hudson-Odoi has told Chelsea that he wants to leave the club, with a quartet of clubs battling to sign the forward on loan.

The 21-year-old appears to be out of contention in the first team at Stamford Bridge, not included in the squad as the Blues beat Everton 1-0 in their opening game of the season on Saturday.

The England international is keen to get first team football elsewhere and Sky Sports report that he has informed the club he wants to leave.

The report states that his representatives have been given permission to negotiate a move and there is no shortage of interest in Hudson-Odoi.

European giants Juventus and Borussia Dortmund are keen on the winger, while Sky Sports suggest two Premier league clubs want him on loan.

Those clubs are believed to be Southampton and Leicester City, with transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reporting that the Saints have already asked Chelsea about a move.

The decision will now come down to where Hudson-Odoi wants to spend the season on loan, with the likes of Juventus a more glamorous proposition, but the game time he is looking for more likely at somewhere like Southampton.

Certainly his minutes in the Premier League this season at Chelsea look likely to be few and far between if he stays in west London.

Thomas Tuchel fielded a front three of Raheem Sterling, Kai Havertz and Mason Mount against the Toffees, with the likes of Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Armando Broja and Conor Gallagher coming off the bench, while Hakim Ziyech was in the squad but didn’t get on the pitch.

There is set to be plenty more transfer activity at Stamford Bridge before the end of the window, with Marcos Alonso also left out of the squad at Goodison Park after asking to leave.

When asked if Alonso’s absence is linked with his desire to join Barcelona, Tuchel replied: ‘That is the case.

‘He tries to leave and we agreed to this wish, and that’s why it would have never made sense to have him on the pitch today.

‘He would’ve been on the pitch otherwise. In this situation it’s the right thing to do.’

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