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You Missed An Opportunity – Gareth Southgate Digs At Hudson-Odoi
- England coach, Gareth Southgate has revealed that Hudson Odoi missed an opportunity to impress him
- The player rejected a call-up to the under 21 national team
Ekohotblog reports that England coach, Gareth Southgate has reacted to Chelsea’s prodigy, Hudson Odoi’s rejection of England call up.
Gareth Southgate didn’t call up the winger to his 25-man squad ahead of the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and San Marino in the November international break.
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The 20-year-old was was rather called to the under 21 team, a call he rejected.
Hudson Odoi
Hudson-Odoi, who is still eligible to represent Ghana has had an excellent run with Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel in recent weeks.
Southgate has revealed that the winger is keen to force his way into the senior squad by impressing at Chelsea and this had caused him an opportunity to prove himself for the national team.
“…So by not being in the Under-21s he[Callum]misses a bit of an opportunity to impress us and come across if we need players for training and those sort of things.
“He has had a couple of good matches for Chelsea. I know Thomas [Tuchel] is guarded about how much he goes with praise on that but it is good to see him back playing and playing more regularly at first-team level and he knows the challenge that’s ahead.
“But he knows also that we are constantly watching him and he is young and talented enough to mount a serious challenge as we move forward.”, Southgate revealed.
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