B/Leverkusen agree to sign Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi

Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi is set to seal a loan move to Bayer Leverkusen after the Bundesliga side agreed a deal until the end of the season.

The England international has found opportunities hard to come by since overcoming a crippling Achilles injury he sustained last season and Thomas Tuchel has not found room for the 21-year-old after signing Raheem Sterling.

Now Hudson-Odoi is ready to clinch his first ever loan move from Chelsea and is set to fly out to Germany to put pen to paper on a season-long deal.

Sportsmail reported last week how Chelsea and Leverkusen were in talks over the loan – with Hudson-Odoi informed Chelsea he was keen to leave earlier this month in a bid to secure more regular football.

At one point in 2020, the 21-year-old was being chased by Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich but Chelsea rejected the club’s bids and instead extended the contract of the player.

Hudson-Odoi, who joined Chelsea at the age of six as has risen up the ranks to make 126 appearances for the senior side.

He enjoyed his best spell at Stamford Bridge under the guidance of Frank Lampard, who was keen to hand opportunities to the club’s young English stars.

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He playing 33 times in the 2019-20 campaign when the club legend arrived – netting three goals – and 37 the following season, scoring five.

But in the 2021-22 campaign he saw his play time limited to 28 matches as he struggled with injuries.