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title: "RB Leipzig enter the race for Callum Hudson-Odoi"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2018-12-31T07:53:16Z"
modified: "2018-12-31T07:53:49Z"
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# RB Leipzig enter the race for Callum Hudson-Odoi

RP Leipzig are the latest Bundesliga club to show an interest in Callum Hudson-Odoi, according to *[Kicker](https://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/739108/artikel_bayern-und-leipzig-an-hudson-odoi-dran.html)*.

The Chelsea youngster is seen as one of English football’s most exciting rising stars, with Bayern Munich already rumoured to have tabled a £20million bid for him.

Borussia Dortmund are also believed to be monitoring the situation, making it tricky for Leipzig to emerge as front-runners.

They are likely to sit back and assess the situation for now, as they weigh up whether or not to make a bid for his services.

Respected German football journalist Raphael Honigstein told *[Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12691/11594812/chelseas-callum-hudson-odoi-has-bundesliga-cult-following-says-raphael-honigstein)*‘ Sunday Supplement about the “cult following” Hudson-Odoi has in Germany:

![Michael Regan/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1074859824.jpg)

> He’s had a cult following among Bundesliga supremos for quite a while. There’s been a lot of clubs interested in him, and he’s made so much progress.

> His stock has risen to the point where he’s gone from Borussia Monchengladbach to Dortmund, to right at the top now where Bayern are interested in him.

> It’s the \[Jadon\] Sancho effect – everyone thinks they can get the next Sancho, and I also think from his point of view, he thinks he can be the next Sancho, doing what Sancho’s done going to the Bundesliga.

The 18-year-old has only managed six appearances for Chelsea this season, with four of those coming in the Europa League.

The Blues will know that they have a special talent on their hands, but a big-money bid for him could turn their heads.