A big smile breaks out on Callum Hudson-Odoi’s face when he recalls scoring a stunning goal against Burnley on his debut for Nottingham Forest this season. “In pre-season I wasn’t really playing and was just waiting to see what happened,” the former Chelsea winger says. “It was the feeling of going on the pitch and giving my best and showing everybody that I’m here again. It was: ‘Ah, finally.’”
It was a release. His final months at Chelsea were hard. The days when he was the club’s bright young hope were over. Hudson-Odoi had no option but to end his 16-year association with Chelsea when he returned from a loan spell at Bayer Leverkusen last summer.
