Chelsea ne može pobjeći pitanju prodaje Hudson-Odoija
Chelsea fans might be starting to look back and wonder about their decision to sell Callum Hudson-Odoi as he continues to shine at Nottingham Forest. The 23-year-old, who came up through Chelsea’s academy, fired in his second league goal of the season at the weekend to give Forest a win over West Ham that puts them third in the Premier League table. Chelsea, meanwhile, are just below them in fourth and probably won’t be panicking yet about finishing below a team like Forest, who are most likely over-achieving for the time being, rather than mounting a serious challenge for a Champions League place. Still, Hudson-Odoi has shown signs of being back to his best at the City Ground, having initially looked like a real wonderkid when he first broke into the first-team at Stamford Bridge. It might be a bit early to say for sure that this was a major transfer error by Chelsea, as standards are high for a club of this size and Hudson-Odoi simply didn’t do enough to impress while he was with the Blues. Despite a bright start, CHO’s performances faded a little, and he also struggled to make much of an impression whilst on loan at Bayer Leverkusen in 2022/23. “His performance in Chelsea’s draw at Manchester United was arguably his best game for the club” – which Chelsea star is earning RAVE reviews? Click here to find out! Still, BBC Sport reported that his fee to join Forest was just £5m, or even slightly less, and that is pretty poor for a player whose value will surely have shot up since then. On top of that, CFC have invested large sums of money in flops like Raheem Sterling and Mykhailo Mudryk since then, while it’s debatable if even recent signing Jadon Sancho is any better than Hudson-Odoi. It will be interesting to see how the season pans out for Hudson-Odoi and Forest, but we’ve seen before that Chelsea lived to regret selling some talented youngsters like Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne, so this might well end up being something similar.
Navijači Chelseaja sada možda počinju razmišljati o njihovoj odluci da prodaju Calluma Hudson-Odoija dok on i dalje sjaji u Nottingham Forestu. 23-godišnjak, koji je prošao kroz Chelsea akademiju, postigao je svoj drugi gol u ligi ovog vikenda kako bi Forest donio pobjedu nad West Hamom koja ih stavlja na treće mjesto tablice Premier lige. Chelsea, s druge strane, su odmah ispod njih na četvrtom mjestu i vjerojatno se još ne brinu o tome da bi mogli završiti ispod ekipe poput Foresta, koji vjerojatno trenutno premašuju očekivanja, umesto da ozbiljno izazivaju za mjesto u Ligi prvaka. Ipak, Hudson-Odoi pokazuje znakove povratka na svoj najbolji nivo na City Groundu, nakon što je prvobitno izgledao kao pravo čudo od djeteta kada je prvi put ušao u prvi tim na Stamford Bridgeu. Možda je malo prerano reći da je ovo bio veliki transferni promašaj Chelseaja, jer su standardi visoki za klub ove veličine, a Hudson-Odoi jednostavno nije učinio dovoljno da impresionira dok je bio s Bluesima. Unatoč svijetlom početku, Hudson-Odoijine performanse su malo splasnule, a također je imao problema da ostavi neki veći utisak dok je bio na posudbi u Bayer Leverkusenu u sezoni 2022/23. “Njegova predstava na remija Chelseaja protiv Manchester Uniteda vjerojatno je bila njegova najbolja utakmica za klub” – koji je Chelsea zvijezda koja dobiva ODUŠEVLJENE kritike? Kliknite ovdje da saznate! Ipak, BBC Sport je izvijestio da je njegova naknada za prelazak u Forest bila samo 5 miliona funti, ili čak i manje, što je prilično loše za igrača čija će vrijednost sigurno porasti od tada. Osim toga, CFC je uložio velike svote novca u promašaje poput Raheem Sterlinga i Mykhaila Mudryka od tada, dok je sporno da li čak i nedavno dovedeni Jadon Sancho je bolji od Hudson-Odoija. Bit će zanimljivo vidjeti kako će se sezona odvijati za Hudson-Odoija i Forest, ali vidjeli smo ranije da se Chelsea kajao što je prodao neke talentirane mlade igrače poput Mohameda Salaha i Kevina De Bruynea, tako da bi ovo moglo završiti kao nešto slično.
