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title: "Hudson-Odoi was Bayern’s ‘only’ target this month"
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author: "Elliott Cuff"
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published: "2019-01-31T22:25:06Z"
modified: "2019-01-31T22:27:53Z"
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# Hudson-Odoi was Bayern’s ‘only’ target this month

Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has confirmed that Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi was the ‘only’ player the club were interested in signing this month.

The Bavarian giants’ pursuit of Hudson-Odoi was no secret, with the club submitting four highly lucrative offers to Chelsea, while the player himself was keen on a move, handing in a transfer request.

The 18-year old was believed to be frustrated by the lack of first-team opportunities he was receiving at Stamford Bridge, and was looking at other successful spells in Germany by English talent, namely in Jadon Sancho and Reiss Nelson.

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Manager Maurizio Sarri was adamant that Hudson-Odoi should not be let go, which has left the Bavarians frustrated.

Talking in a news conference earlier today, Rummenigge confirmed that Hudson-Odoi was the club’s first and only target this month. As quoted by [FourFourTwo](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/hudson-odoi-only-player-bayern-wanted-january-rummenigge), Rummenigge said:

> The only one Hasan \[Salihamidzic, Bayern’s sporting director\] would have liked to buy was this player \[Hudson-Odoi\] from Chelsea.

> I have to say that he nearly fell in love with this player and his qualities. All the other things \[stories about transfer links with other players\] were rumours.

> We don’t have any demand on these positions for the second half of the season. This is a topic for the future. We’ll handle it in the next months and will decide.

> I won’t deny that they \[Chelsea\] didn’t like this so much \[Bayern’s open pursuit of Hudson-Odoi\], but don’t forget that you have to give a signal to the young player \[that you want him\].

> There was no personal contact with the player because this is not permitted. I think that was noticed. The player had to have a signal that Bayern is standing completely behind him.