"At times, it was okay. But sometimes, in my head, I'm thinking, 'What am I doing? Why am I in this position? I'm more defending than attacking,' " said Callum Hudson-Odoi when speaking about playing at wingback at Chelsea. In his own words he 'had to get out' of the club over the summer.
His transfer away happened, he was sent out on loan to Germany where fortunes have changed slightly. Although Bayer Leverkusen aren't having a fun time of things in Bundesliga, Hudson-Odoi is being given the freedom to play in an attacking role consistently and the 21-year-old has impressed, scoring his first Champions League goal against Atletico Madrid.
Days later and back in England, it was Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic used on the flanks by Graham Potter this time. Although not wingbacks in the same way that Hudson-Odoi was, the two attackers weren't fully unleashed like they may have hoped.
