England manager, Gareth Southgate has responded to Chelsea Winger, Callum Hudson-Odoi following his turning down of a call-up to the England national team.
The 20-year-old has declined Gareth Southgate’s call-up to represent England’s U-21 team.
Disapproving Hudson-Odoi’s reaction to the call-up, the England boss said the Blues’ star has missed an opportunity.
Hudson-Odoi was handed his senior debut at Chelsea in January 2018 and is currently at the top of form at his club side under Thomas Tuchel.
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Southgate disclosed the rationale behind his improvement at Chelsea was his eagerness to badge himself into England’s senior team.
Hudson-Odoi refused the opportunity to play for the U-21 side of England and can also represent Ghana, where his parents had their roots.
Southgate said: “…So by not being in the Under-21s he [Callum] misses a bit of an opportunity to impress us and come across if we need players for training and those sort of things.”
“He has had a couple of good matches for Chelsea. I know Thomas [Tuchel] is guarded about how much he goes with praise on that but it is good to see him back playing and playing more regularly at first-team level and he knows the challenge that’s ahead.”
“But he knows also that we are constantly watching him and he is young and talented enough to mount a serious challenge as we move forward.”
England will take on Albania and San Marino in the World Cup qualifying games.
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