Last night was a night that young Callum Hudson-Odoi will never forget. The 18-year-old started his first game for England away against Montenegro and shone as the Three Lions recorded a convincing 5-1 win in their second European qualifier. However, now that he’s got that first England start, Chelsea fans want his first Premier League start to follow.
Buzzing to have made my full international debut with a 5-1 win vs Montenegro, happy to assist my bro @rossbarkley pic.twitter.com/gzCfXYtlYt
— Callum Hudson-Odoi (@Calteck10) 25 March 2019
It’s absolutely unheard of that a player in the top flight can make their first England start before their first Premier League start, yet that’s the case with Hudson-Odoi, and the Blues are putting that down to Maurizio Sarri more than anything else. As far as they’re concerned, the youngster is more than ready to start for them in the Premier League, and they’d pick him over Willian every day of the week.
In what has undoubtedly been Hudson-Odoi’s breakthrough season this year, the youngster has been electric. Whilst the top flight of English football has remained elusive, the Europa League has been where Hudson-Odoi has been a machine, and his return of four goals and two assists in eight games is something that the fans want to see in the Premier League, especially now he’s shown what he can do on the international stage.
You can read the Blues’ calls for Hudson-Odoi’s first Premier League start here:
Premier League Start Next
— CFC Daily (@CFCDaily) 25 March 2019
Super performance Callum ! Congratulations ! Every @ChelseaFC supporter on the planet will be looking forward to seeing you play League matches for #CFC ! We hope Maurizio Sarri will give you the starts you are so very deserving of !!
Your teammate @rossbarkley was great too !!— Norm Rumack (@NormanRumack) March 25, 2019
First Premier League start coming soon
— JS (@EHSZN) 25 March 2019
Hope you get picked for your full Chelsea debut in the league at the weekend, too. We all know you've deserved it for months.
— Kevin Kostka (@mpbx3003) March 25, 2019
Class last night lad… hopefully start for Chelsea this week end
— Greg joao pedro Walker (@greggyw) March 26, 2019
Now for some PL starts. Sarri, make it happen #ChelseaFC
— Shazza CTID (@cavemanshariCFC) March 25, 2019
Fantastic performance, CHO. Hopefully Sarri’s been watching.
— Khai (@SpectreGoal) 25 March 2019
You done yourself proud Callum the club can’t ignore you any longer #1stPremiershipStartIncoming
— gillybee (@gillybee66) 25 March 2019
The Blues still cannot fathom why Sarri continually ignores Hudson-Odoi and will be desperate for him to be thrown in against Cardiff when that game comes around this Sunday.
