CHELSEA MANAGER MAURIZIO Sarri does not think joining Bayern Munich would be a good move for Chelsea starlet Callum Hudson-Odoi.
The 18-year-old winger is highly rated in English football, having played a key role in England’s Under-17 World Cup triumph in 2017.
He has become a part of Chelsea’s first-team squad over the last year, but has still only featured three times in the Premier League, and reports suggest he is refusing to discuss a new contract until he is given assurances over playing time.
Bayern have made several offers for the for the talented teenager — the most recent one worth £30 million — and are determined to not miss out on another promising English prospect after seeing Borussia Dortmund sign Jadon Sancho from Manchester City.
Chelsea boss Sarri is adamant staying put is a better option for Hudson-Odoi, however, predicting a bright future for him at Stamford Bridge if he stays.
When asked whether he thinks joining Bayern would be a good move for Hudson-Odoi, Sarri told reproters: “I don’t think so, because he’s an English player, he’s very young.
“He has the future and I think he has a very great future here, with the national team and with Chelsea. I think to stay here is better for him.
I know, for me, he is a very important player. He’s young, but he’s improving. He played really well in the last match.
“He was in trouble against Watford, but only because of a hamstring problem. He is improving, I’m very happy with him. I don’t know the situation with the club, but I’m happy with the player.”
Despite making his opinion clear in public, Sarri has not tried to impose his thoughts on Hudson-Odoi himself, because he feels it is not his business.
“No, because I’m not in charge of these things [transfers],” he said. “I don’t want to talk to a player about things that have nothing to do with me.
“I want to only talk to him about the pitch, movements in the defensive phase and I’m very happy, because he’s improving in the defensive phase a lot in the last months.”
Another Chelsea player linked with a departure is Gary Cahill, as the experienced centre-back has only played once all season in the Premier League.
Sarri remains unsure about his future, but does feel as though the 33-year-old’s focus is not on his football.
“At the moment, I want to understand the situation, if he wants to go or not,” Sarri said.
“At the moment, his mind is not completely involved in our situation, so we have to wait. We don’t need a replacement [if Cahill leaves], because we have [Ethan] Ampadu .”
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This won’t be popular or PC but ladies rugby gets a lot of hype. The standard has undoubtedly improved significantly in recent years when you see GAA players swapping over and playing international after a year or two it gives an indication of where the standard is really at.
The rugby ladies are picking from a tiny player base. Ladies football and soccer would be way more competitive and would have a monopoly on the talented ladies footballers in the country. Rugby gets the hype but the top intercounty ladies teams are where the real talent is. You wouldn’t find a ladies rugby player breaking on to one of them in a year or 2.
Is this reflective of the Mens game? Makes you wonder how good Irish rugby could be if the best footballers are in other talents pools.
Certainly yes. The men have a bigger pool that ladies but there is 10 gaelic footballers and 10 soccer players for every 1 rugby player. The media would have you believe the rugby team is laced with once in a generation legends while gaelic football is bereft of talent and up until a few recent results our soccer team were a limited bunch who slowed little heart.
The rugby men and women are doing great to be fair to them and the likes of Brian O Driscoll you feel would cut it in any sport. The notion that they are all teams laced with the finest men and women sports people in Ireland is just something that has come about as a result of the media. The maths alone confirm that.
Do you think the IRFU believe that? With more juniors playing soccer and GAA there’s bound to be a bigger talent pool in those sports. The mind boggles with the idea that the talent in junior rugby probably represents nothing more than a sample of the talent pool out there.
Stan McDowell appears to be breaking new ground by identifying and recruitng directly from the GAA. If he can do that for the womens programme then he could do it for the Ulster academy. Given the number of GAA minors who have played rugby maybe this is the talent pool that Ulster could develop forwards from?
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