Alonso hopes Hudson-Odoi chooses to stay with Blues
Defender Marcos Alonso has told team-mate Callum Hudson-Odoi that he will not find a bigger club than Chelsea.
The exciting teenager is being linked with a £35million move to Bayern Munich after struggling for game time at Stamford Bridge - though he has started the last two cup games, including the Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg defeat at Tottenham.
Although Bayern are regarded as one of the heavyweights of European football, Alonso feels Chelsea can match them if they HudsonOdoi is prepared to be patient and wait for his chance.
“He is a good player, but he is very young,” he said. “He needs to have patience and to be hungry and fight for a place in this team.
“That is all he needs to do, he has all the conditions to be a great player, now it is up to him to fight for a place here or try to find more minutes somewhere else.
“Bayern Munich? We are Chelsea, another great team, the Premier League is the most competitive league in the world, I don’t know why someone would go to Bayern Munich.”
John Sheridan has been reappointed as manager of Vanarama National League strugglers Chesterfield on a three-year contract.
Sheridan resigned from his job at League Two Carlisle last week, where he guided them to seventh in Sky Bet League Two after five-match winning run, and faces a tough task to turn around the Spireites’ fortunes.
Chesterfield are currently 22nd in the table, a far cry from Sheridan’s previous reign at the club during which they won the League Two title.