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Callum Hudson-Odoi pulled from Chelsea U-21s game as Newcastle edge closer to loan transfer for out-of-favour winger


CHELSEA pulled Callum Hudson-Odoi from Monday night’s Under-21 game as the winger closes on a loan switch to Newcastle.

Premier League clubs are battling to borrow the England ace, 21, after Blues’ boss Thomas Tuchel benched him.

England winger Callum Hudson-Odoi seems certain to exit Chelsea on loan, with Newcastle well placed to sign him for the seasonCredit: Getty

And he was one FOUR Chelsea subs eyed by Newcastle co-owners Amanda Staveley and Mehrad Ghodoussi in Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.

As guests of Chelsea owner Todd Boehly, the husband and wife duo were deep in conversation with west London counterpart Behdad Eghbali.

The Toon’s other three targets- Conor Gallagher, Christian Pulisic and Armando Broja – all came on, but Hudson-Odoi was again unused.

And the fact Chelsea withdrew him from a development squad match against Fulham suggests the Saudi-backed Toon are making their move.

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Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Leicester and Southampton have also been linked with the three-cap Londoner.

But Newcastle are now strong favourites to complete a deal within days.

Prem clubs, however, can only borrow one player from each top-flight rival.

So Toon boss Eddie Howe might consider trying to buy one or more of the four fringe Blues he admires.

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Chelsea boss Tuchel said on Sunday: “Nobody is for sale and everybody is for sale.

“It depends on what the player wants, how bad the player wants it, what we think and who is ready to pay a certain amount of money.”

Chelsea could yet also see wing-back Cesar Azpilicueta join Barcelona.

They’ve already lost key centre-back Antonio Rudiger, plus Andreas Christensen, Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku.

The replacements have been far costlier, in Marc Cucurella, Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly.


Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk


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