Maurizio Sarri has told young winger Callum Hudson-Odoi exactly what he must do to break into the team at Stamford Bridge.
Speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of the meeting with PAOK, as cited on football.london, Sarri has encouraged the player to improve defensively if he wants to earn more game time.
He has to improve. He has to improve a lot. First of all, the defensive phase. He has to work. He has to improve on the offensive phase – he’s very good one against one, but he has to learn to move without the ball.
He is potentially a very good player, and now he has to study and improve and work. But I think that’s really very normal. He’s 18, so that’s normal. I want to find space for him.
During Chelsea’s pre-season campaign, Sarri talked up Hudson-Odoi’s chances going forward and named the player in his starting XI for the Community Shield against Manchester City.
However, the winger has since struggled for game time, despite many believing he could get some minutes under his belt in the Europa League.
Hudson-Odoi, who has only made two appearances as a substitute this season, is being tipped to feature in Chelsea’s clash with PAOK on Thursday night, but it remains unlikely that the young winger will start for the Blues.
