When Bayern Munich were sniffing around Callum Hudson-Odoi in January 2019, many supporters of Chelsea were extremely reluctant to let him leave. The German club first expressed their interest during the aforementioned mid-season window, and that kept going until the summer when they saw a £22.5million offer turned down by the Blues.
Chelsea had to act if they wanted to keep Hudson-Odoi – and they did just that. On September 19, 2019,Chelsea confirmed that the then 19-year-old had signed a new five-year contract at Stamford Bridge.
"It's an amazing feeling," Hudson-Odoi told the club's official website. "It's been a long wait, but it's done now, and I'm really happy about that. I've been a Chelsea player since I was eight, and this is the right club for me to be at."
