Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has backed Callum Hudson-Odoi to be a central figure for club and country following a period of speculation suggesting the Blues winger could leave Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea academy graduate Hudson-Odoi is in the final year of his deal with the club, but Lampard told reporters of the belief he holds in the 18-year-old ahead of his first season at their helm:
“He [Hudson-Odoi] is going to be central for us on the pitch and that is the opportunity that is really in front of him now,” Lampard told reporters.