The 21-year-old struggled to cement his place as a regular starter for Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel. He spends most of last season injured.
With the few games he started, they deployed him as a wing-back. As one of the best players of his generation, Callum Hudson-Odoi has failed to develop into the player everyone expected him to be.
Callum Hudson-Odoi joined Bayer Leverkusen on a season-long loan and he expected to join the club next season.
He has revealed that Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly assured him he still has a future at Chelsea.
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What did Callum Hudson-Odoi say?
The 21-year-old said on MailOnline: “It’s definitely different.
“When a club is trying to get a player [on loan], they always want that option to buy at the end of the season. Todd was saying: ‘Listen, we want you back here.
“You’re still on the radar of being wanted by the club. The way he’s trying to set it up, there are a lot of young players he’s trying to buy for the next few years.
“It shows he wants to integrate the players into the team and help them develop.”
The Chelsea loanee also added that he was frustrated not playing regularly at Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel.
“It was one of those difficult moments when you look at yourself and say, ‘What am I doing wrong? Have I done anything wrong to not even be in the squad?
“I would never say anything bad about Thomas. He was a good guy, a good manager. [But] the first game of the season, it was frustrating. Any footballer that isn’t in the squad would understand how frustrating it is.
“Regular football gives you consistency and the more games you play, the more consistent you become, the more form starts to kick in.
“You feel fresher, you feel better, you feel like… not that you’re getting treated fairly, but that you’ve got the trust from the manager to push you and kick you on.
“You don’t want to be on the bench thinking, ‘Why am I not playing?’ And then it becomes weeks and weeks and the legs are rusty when you do play. The most important thing is consistent football. That’s what I’m getting here, and it’s making me feel better.
“Right now, playing games, momentum is kicking on and you feel refreshed: new country, brand-new experience. It’s definitely refreshing to know I get an opportunity to play games week in, week out, enjoying it and smiling!”
Meanwhile, Ben Chilwell has reacted to his England National Team call-up.
The Chelsea left-back spend the whole of last season injured and had not played for the Three Lions for nearly a year.
Ben Chilwell said: “Yeah, for sure. It’s been probably nearly a year now since my last call-up.
“Obviously I have had the injury, which has stopped me having the chance to play for my country for the past eight or nine months so [I’m] just really, really excited to be back, and hopefully I can get some game time. It’s very exciting going into the World Cup.”
