By Rob Draper for The Mail on Sunday
Published: 22:30 GMT, 16 February 2019 | Updated: 23:07 GMT, 16 February 2019
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Callum Hudson-Odoi’s prospects of signing a new deal at Chelsea have receded even further after Gianfranco Zola’s comments that the winger is on the ‘edge of the team’ and ‘there aren’t many 18-year-olds in Europe playing as many games as him.’
Hudson-Odoi, the subject of a £35million bid from Bayern Munich last month, was already dispirited by Maurizio Sarri’s reluctance to use him, but Zola’s response to the six minutes he was given at Malmo in the Europa League on Thursday will have only strengthened his conviction that the coach doesn’t truly believe in him.
Hudson-Odoi is not expected to start against Manchester United on Monday, despite starting in the two previous FA Cup rounds against Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday.
