Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi was a notable absence from the team’s training video on Tuesday ahead of a huge Champions League tie.
The Blues are preparing to host Real Madrid tomorrow in the first leg of a Champions League quarter-final.
Chelsea uploaded live footage this afternoon on YouTube of Thomas Tuchel’s squad on the training pitches, with the manager’s press conference taking place later.
Hudson-Odoi, 21, was an interesting omission from the video.
The £120,000-a-week attacker can’t be spotted training with the group, so surely that puts a massive doubt against his name ahead of the Madrid contest.
He wasn’t part of the Blues squad on the weekend that suffered a crushing 4-1 home defeat against Brentford in the Premier League, too.
Tuchel explained a few days ago Hudson-Odoi would miss the Brentford tie due to injury problems, which appear to still be an issue based off today’s training footage.
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Let’s hope the weekend’s embarrassment against Brentford was nothing more than a tiny blip.
It’s the kind of result and performance that should reenergise this group of players ahead of a pivotal run of games in April.
The double header taking place against Madrid in the Champions League should bring the best out of the Chelsea players.
Aside from Hudson-Odoi and Ben Chilwell, it looked like a fully fit group in training for the Blues this afternoon. Tuchel should be able to provide more concrete information in his press conference, though.
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