Marco Silva was the man who rejected the chance to sign 22-year-old from Chelsea for Fulham
Fulham manager Marco Silva rejected the chance to sign Callum Hudson-Odoi from Chelsea this summer.
That is according to a report from The Athletic.
They report that the Fulham manager decided he didn’t want to bring Callum Hudson-Odoi to Craven Cottage during the summer transfer window.
Eventually, Chelsea did end up getting rid of the 22-year-old attacker and selling him to Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest.
Forest ended up paying £5million (Evening Standard) to sign Hudson-Odoi, which could turn out to be a bargain if can get back to showing his form pre-injury.
We think Hudson-Odoi could have been a good fit in the current Fulham line-up.
However, Silva clearly doesn’t share the same opinion, and he’s the most important individual in the manager’s dugout.
Chelsea supporters will now watch from afar to see how Hudson-Odoi’s career unfolds at Forest.
The Evening Standard reported last month that Chelsea head coach Mauricio Pochettino neve even held a conversation with Hudson-Odoi during the summer. Therefore, it sounded like the writing was on the wall as he entered the final year of his contract at Stamford Bridge.
It feels like the quick winger needs this fresh start in his career to get back on track.
Aged 22, Hudson-Odoi fits the profile of the kind of player Chelsea have been signing under this ownership. He’s a product from the Blues academy at Cobham, too.
However, he’s fallen off a long way since a serious injury some years ago and has got to rebuild from the bottom now in Forest colours.
