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Hudson-Odoi has revealed it only took one conversation with Frank Lampard to
convince him to sign a new Chelsea deal, rather than move to Bayern Munich.
Chelsea rejected multiple bids earlier this year for the 19-year-old winger,
who had been in stalemate over contract talks for much of 2019.
Lampard's appointment as head coach in July breathed new life into the
negotiations and Hudson-Odoi signed a new five-year deal in September.
Asked how many conversations he had with Lampard before agreeing to sign, he
replied: "One.
"I can't say exactly what he said but he just said he believes in me, he
wants me to work hard and if I believe in myself then he believes in me and
things will go well for me at this club.
"He wants me to play for him. They were encouraging signs for me that you
want to hear from a manager, that he believes in you and he has faith in
you, that you can become a good player and achieve a lot of stuff at the
club.
"I was excited. It was exciting times that a new manager was coming in and
also you know that he will play at least some of the youth boys as well.
"So it's good to know that you are going to play with some of the players
from before.
"I said from the start that I made the right decision to stay at Chelsea.
I've been there all my life. I've loved the club from day one."
'Lampard hard on me, but no issue with fines'
Lampard appears to have a no-nonsense approach to coaching, after a list of
club fines emerged on social media on Monday.
The club have not confirmed the list's legitimacy but Hudson-Odoi says his
boss is strict when necessary.
"To be fair, we have a couple of fines where it's pretty strict and we have
to stick by it," he said.
"But even if there weren't fines, we would still be on point. All of us are
very on time with everything that we do.
"We're very positive about everything we do. If there is a fine, we will pay
it.
"For the fines, we don't really look into it because we are always on time
for what we do so it's okay. It's there but we're all good about it.
"He is hard on me but it's in a good way because he wants me to improve and
keep getting better.
"When the manager is telling me stuff, I always want to listen and improve
my game because I'm not there yet. I know I can always get better and keep
getting better."
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