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title: "Sarri: Chelsea have to sell a winger for Hudson-Odoi to stay"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2019-02-22T07:51:39Z"
modified: "2019-02-22T07:52:12Z"
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# Sarri: Chelsea have to sell a winger for Hudson-Odoi to stay

Chelsea will have to sell a winger if Callum Hudson-Odoi is to stay at the club, according to Maurizio Sarri.

The English teenager has huge potential, but he has been continually linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge.

Bayern Munich showed genuine interest in him in the January transfer window and they are expected to make another bid in the summer.

Hudson-Odoi has found first team football hard to come by this season, with the likes of Eden Hazard, Willian and Pedro very much Sarri’s go-to wide men.

Chelsea supporters have grown increasingly frustrated at the youngster’s lack of playing time, often calling for him to play from the stands.

![Julian Finney/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1131262556.jpg)

He played all 90 minutes and score late on as the Blues beat Malmo 3-0 in the Europa League on Thursday, however, reaching the last-16 in the process.

Speaking to [reporters](https://www.goal.com/en-sa/news/chelsea-must-sell-another-winger-to-keep-hudson-odoi-says/1rcdrhkakp0eq1opw76ei2lpw8) after Thursday’s victory, Sarri confirmed that only outgoings will enhance Hudson-Odoi’s chances of staying beyond this season:

> You need to understand that, in the same position, we have Pedro, Willian and Hazard, so it’s not easy for a young player to play with the consistency with his team-mates.

> I want to remind you that Callum, with this one, played 14 matches. There isn’t in England another 18-year-old player with 14 matches in the first-team. So I think that we are using him in the right way at the moment.

> Of course, the 20 matches this season will be 30 matches in the next, and 40 in two years. Also, I think that the club has to decide.

> If I am at the club and I want Callum on the club consistently, I have to sell another winger. Otherwise the manager is in trouble.