{"id":633486,"date":"2024-01-02T14:19:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T19:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=633486"},"modified":"2024-01-02T14:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T19:19:47","slug":"david-odogu-chelsea-first-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/02\/david-odogu-chelsea-first-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;First Talks&#8217;: Chelsea Begin Talks With Bundesliga Team Regarding &#8216;Top Talent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea are typically a busy club in the transfer window. Over the summer, purchases of coveted midfielders Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo proved that the Blues are eager to recover from last year&#8217;s poor showing in the Premier League. Mauricio Pochettino has so far been unable to improve the West London outfit&#8217;s fortunes, but according to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1742123452763402539?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Florian Plettenberg<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, the club are ready to battle other English teams for the signing of David Odogu.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">David Odogu Targeted by Chelsea, Leicester City and Others<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2757\ufe0fNews David <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Odogu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Odogu<\/a>: Understand that Chelsea and Leicester are interested in signing the 17y\/o top talent from Wolfsburg! <\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f First talks with both clubs took place but early stage \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a> \u2714\ufe0f<br \/>\u27a1\ufe0f The c\/b is open to leave VfL in winter after he was not called up for the winter\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jnOXW6XRkz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jnOXW6XRkz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1742123452763402539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Plettenberg&#8217;s Tweet<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Sky Sports Germany reporter stated that Chelsea and Leicester City, &#8221; are interested in signing&#8221; 17-year-old &#8220;top talent&#8221; from Wolfsburg. A defender in the U17 Germany squad, which won the<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/under-17-world-cup-final-germany-0ab5836315afe71bc33163e51bf32290\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0World Cup<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0last year, has seen a rise in interest for the youngster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/02\/chelsea-jean-clair-todibo-talks-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2018High On The Blues List\u2019: Chelsea Pushing To Sign \u2018Crazy\u2019 Defender Over Tottenham And Manchester United<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Plettenberg noted that &#8220;First talks with both clubs took place.&#8221; Negotiations are still in the early stages. Driving Odogu&#8217;s departure from Wolfsburg is the decision by the club to not include him in the club&#8217;s winter training camp. Although he is still a youngster &#8211; Chelsea and Leicester appear ready to bring him to England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/02\/manchester-united-raphael-varane-monster\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United Could Lose \u2018Monster\u2019 Who Feels \u2018Pushed Out\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Odogu&#8217;s agents are testing the market to see where he could end up. Plettenberg also mentions that other English clubs have &#8220;inquired about him&#8221; and that the defender &#8220;is ready for a new challenge.&#8221; Wolfsburg will be hoping &#8211; to receive a decent bid from Chelsea or Leicester to let the 17-year-old go.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Qualities of David Odogu<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Winning the U17 World Cup has thrown Odogu into the world spotlight, but he has been a talented footballer since before then. At 1.90m, the towering defender is a dominating presence. His height allows him to patrol the central area of defence with authority.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are typically a busy club in the transfer window. Over the summer, purchases of coveted midfielders Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo proved that the Blues are eager to recover from last year&#8217;s poor showing in the Premier League. 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