Callum Hudson-Odoi is at the centre of an extraordinary power struggle between Chelsea and Bayern Munich after the European Champions made a huge bid, understood to be more than £70m, to take the 19-year-old to Germany.
Chelsea have turned down the offer, which was for Hudson-Odoi to join on loan this season with an option to buy him at a fixed price next summer but Bayern are expected to bid again before Monday’s deadline, determined to sign the player they came close to signing in January 2019.
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard reiterated after the 4-0 win over Crystal Palace, in which Hudson-Odoi started and played well, that he wanted the winger to stay and the club is reluctant to let him go on loan now that he has broken back into the first team.