{"id":626368,"date":"2023-08-11T05:51:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T09:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=626368"},"modified":"2023-08-11T05:51:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T09:51:30","slug":"fulham-pushing-for-callum-hudson-odoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/11\/fulham-pushing-for-callum-hudson-odoi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not Part of the Club\u2019: Fulham Target \u2018Brilliant\u2019 Chelsea Player Who Pochettino Wants to Get Rid Of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1689276670404907008\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, Fulham aim to acquire Callum Hudson-Odoi after he returned from loan at the Bundesliga. With the Italian journalist noting that Chelsea have made it clear that he is &#8220;not part of the club&#8221;, a move to another Premier League squad could be what he needs to get consistent minutes in the top flight finally.<\/p>\n<h2>Callum Hudson-Odoi Wants Chelsea Exit, Fulham Could Swoop In<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Callum Hudson-Odoi, still training at Chelsea but Fulham are pushing to make the deal happen this week \u26aa\ufe0f\u26ab\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have been clear: CHO, Lukaku and Ziyech are not part of the club. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PDGxOTioWO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/PDGxOTioWO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1689276670404907008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Lack of Minutes for Callum Hudson-Odoi<\/h3>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurosport.com\/football\/bundesliga\/2022-2023\/callum-hudson-odoi-opens-up-on-frustrating-time-at-chelsea-what-on-earth-have-i-done-to-deserve-that_sto9201846\/story.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revealing<\/a> that he accepted the loan to Bayer Leverkusen last season for more game time, his lack of appearances will continue so long as he remains a player under Mauricio Pochettino.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, an exit makes sense for the Englishman who, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4665051\/2023\/07\/04\/chelsea-transfer-hudson-odoi\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic<\/a>, has already made it known that he wants to leave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/07\/chelsea-receive-moises-caicedo-boost\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Sent Clear Message as \u2018Fantastic\u2019 Midfield Target Unpicked in Premier League Rivals\u2019 Matchday Squad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The relationship between player and manager can be illustrated further in the squad number selections. Alongside Romelu Lukaku and Hakim Ziyech, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/report-numerous-chelsea-staff-members-have-become-frustrated-with-brilliant-22-year-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;brilliant&#8221;<\/a> winger is one of the players to have not received a number, all but confirming that his time has run out as a Chelsea player.<\/p>\n<h3>How Could He Fit in at Fulham?<\/h3>\n<p>Having experience on both the left and right sides of the pitch, the 22-year-old could be deployed in multiple positions, making him a versatile attacking option. If he were to make the move, he could rekindle his relationship with former teammate Willian and the two could be goal-scoring threats on the wings while providing crosses to newly acquired striker, Raul Jimenez.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/09\/chelsea-secure-deivid-washington-transfer-agreement\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Deal Agreed\u2018: Fabrizio Romano Gives Amazing Update on Chelsea Move for Attacking \u2018Sensation\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a 10th-place finish last year, the Cottagers shockingly finished in front of their London counterparts. Although it is unlikely that this will happen in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/02\/chelsea-lineup-next-season-formation-starting-lineup\/\" target=\"_self\">2023\/24<\/a> season, both teams can improve on their current circumstances if this transfer were to go through.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentinian manager can offload an unwanted man, and Marco Silva can gain a valuable asset to improve his attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch: <\/strong>Where Will Chelsea and Fulham Finish in the Premier League This Season?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I (Probably) Insulted Your Club - Our Premier League Predictions For the New Season\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8uXqcL07DJg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>How the Exit Affects Chelsea Incomings<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Although it would be preferable to ship the Wandsworth-born footballer to a club outside of England, the deal could be necessary with other incomings like\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4742735\/2023\/08\/03\/olise-palace-mancity-chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Olise<\/a> rumored to be linked with the 12th-place finishers. While it is a shame that he could not fulfill his potential with his current team, his young age, combined with the skills he has displayed so far, will surely help him excel somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=61315525\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Boyes<\/a>&#8211;<a title=\"Creative Commons Attribution 2.0\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Fabrizio Romano, Fulham aim to acquire Callum Hudson-Odoi after he returned from loan at the Bundesliga. With the Italian journalist noting that Chelsea have made it clear that he is &#8220;not part of the club&#8221;, a move to another Premier League squad could be what he needs to get consistent minutes in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4552,"featured_media":626375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2511,3,7188],"tags":[2917,8611,258],"class_list":["post-626368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-fulham","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-callum-hudson-odoi","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-mauricio-pochettino"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}