Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi submits transfer request to force Bayern move

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Callum Hudson-Odoi has handed in a formal transfer request at Chelsea in a bid to force through a move to Bayern Munich before Thursday’s transfer deadline.

The teenager, a product of the Premier League club’s academy at Cobham, has been the subject of a succession of bids over the last month from the Bundesliga champions, the last of which amounted to around £35m for a player who has yet to make a top-flight start and whose current contract expires in 2020. That offer remains on the table despite Chelsea having made clear it would not be sufficient to secure the 18-year-old, though another raised bid is anticipated before the cut-off at the end of the month.

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