Chelsea
have rejected a loan bid for Callum Hudson-Odoi from Bayern Munich.
The Champions League winners have offered to take the 19-year-old on loan
for the rest of this season with an option to buy for £70m next summer.
Sky Germany reported earlier this week there had been a
breakthrough in talks over the possibility of Bayern signing Hudson-Odoi.
Bayern's interest in the highly-rated winger is longstanding. They made
Hudson-Odoi a key target during the January transfer window last year when
they offered Chelsea £30m for his services, and they saw a fourth bid worth
around £22.5m rejected in summer 2019.
Hudson-Odoi played 83 minutes of Chelsea's 4-0 victory over Crystal Palace
on Saturday, and Frank Lampard spoke about Bayern's interest in the England
international after the game, saying his future could even be resolved on
Transfer Deadline Day.
The Chelsea boss said: "I think Callum's performance, particularly in the
second half when he got more aggressive, he showed ability and pace. Callum
is absolutely part of our plans here."
When pressed on the player being linked with a move to Bayern, Lampard
replied: "There is no definitive answer, we will know by Monday whether
there is. Callum is our player, what Callum wants comes into consideration,
it has to work for us."
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