‘RAHEEM CAN STER CALLUM’
BY CHELSEA boss Thomas Tuchel hopes Raheem Sterling can help Callum Hudson-odoi fulfil his ‘huge potential’ at Stamford Bridge.
The winger is a target for the Blues’ Premier League rivals Newcastle and German outfit Borussia Dortmund.
And if the price is right and Hudson-odoi fancies a particular move then Tuchel is unlikely to block his exit. However, the German is also happy for the 21-year-old to stay and show everyone exactly what he is capable of.
Asked if Hudson-odoi (below) was for sale this summer, Tuchel said: “In general, nobody is for sale and everybody is for sale.
“It depends on what the player wants, how bad the player wants it, what we think, who is ready to pay a certain amount of money. Then, maybe, everybody is for sale.
“Callum suffered a long-term injury and then had to overcome long-term problems.
“He has still a way to go to live up to his potential, because the potential is huge.
“Having Raheem in can maybe give him the extra boost to step up and see what is needed in these kinds of positions to reach the level that he can reach, that he wants to reach.
“But at the moment he is our player and he needs to fight, fight, fight.”
Another player who has to fight this season is Conor Gallagher, who impressed on loan at Crystal Palace last season.
Tuchel added: “Conor fights in central midfield.
“To be very honest, it’s a tough fight for him because at the moment, as it seems, we only have two places in central midfield, which is a bit unfair given the number of players we have there.
“It’s not ideal, but we have to do what’s best for the squad, not what’s best for every individual.
“He has huge competition with N’golo Kante, Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic, who are used to playing with each other.
“He has everything to become a very important player over the next years at Chelsea.”