Callum Hudson-Odoi has been linked with Championship duo Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion and shone for Chelsea against PAOK on Thursday.
If there were any Aston Villa or West Brom fans tuning in to Chesea’s Europa League clash on Thursday night, they will have been drooling with just weeks to go until the January transfer window swings open.
Because Callum Hudson-Odoi, who has been linked with a loan move to the Midlands duo by the Birmingham Mail, showed what all the fuss is about with a superb individual performance.
Despite a hugely exciting pre-season, the 18-year-old winger has had to wait patiently for his chance but seized a rare opportunity with both hands as PAOK came to Stamford Bridge.
Hudson-Odoi not only scored his first senior goal with an intelligent shot that caught the visiting goalkeeper out, he also set up Alvaro Morata’s goal as the Blues cruised to a 4-0 win against their Greek opposition.
And England’s latest future talent has also been rewarded with a place in the official Europa League Team of the Week.
Whether Aston Villa or West Brom will get the chance to give Hudson-Odoi more regular first-team football from January to May remains to be seen.
The Mirror claims that Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are circling, while Chelsea would prefer the teenager to join a Premier League club if he was to leave on loan.
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