The question over Callum Hudson-Odoi's future at Stamford Bridge feels like it has been on a pause button for at least two years.
Almost 12 months ago when I penned my first piece for this site i reflected on the winger's career so far and why the upcoming season felt like a critical one for his future. I could literally write the same piece now, with most of the same points.
Although 2021/22 did allow for Hudson-Odoi to get a substantial run in his favoured left-wing role during the Blues' most impressive form of the season, by May he had barely left a scratch on a gruelling campaign, mainly because he spent the last three months of the year recovering from an Achilles tendon problem.