Sarri says Hudson-Odoi is completely unaffected by transfer saga
Chelsea starlet Callum Hudson-Odoi has been the subject of repeated bidding from Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, with the Bavarian giants alert to the youngster’s contract situation.
However, manager Maurizio Sarri claims that the 18-year-old is completely unfazed by the transfer saga surrounding him and he has been absolutely normal in training.
Sarri fielded the youngster in the forward line alongside Willian and Eden Hazard in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley and Hudson-Odoi once again embraced his opportunity with both hands.
“Odoi in the last week has been very normal. I have seen him every day in training, he has been really very normal,” Sarri told a news conference.
“He is improving, in the last match he played very well and also today I think a very good match.
“He played like a player of 25 or 26 years, I think – very good match of application, very good in the defensive phase, very, very good.
“He was completely normal in this period. I don’t know, maybe he doesn’t read anything.”
Chelsea lost the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final to Spurs 1-0 but Sarri said his team deserved better, labelling their performance “one of the most important” of the season.
“I think we deserved more. In this match we played better than the opponents,” he said.
“We were in control of the match, we defended very well against opponents who are very dangerous in the offensive phase, I think we deserved more.
“We played about 70 balls in the opposing box against 11 balls from Tottenham in our box, 18 shots against seven, five goal opportunities against two, so we deserved more.
