Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is eager for Callum Hudson-Odoi to knuckle down.

Hudson-Odoi broke coronavirus lockdown rules by arranging for a woman to visit his west London home last month. The 19-year-old was arrested by police but it was confirmed last week that he will not face any further action on an allegation of rape.

Lampard said: “I am happy that in the eyes of the law it has been sorted out. For Callum, I have hopefully showed in my short time managing him that I am very sympathetic towards the idea that we are not angels or saints and make mistakes, particularly at a young age. I will never be one to come down too harshly on that, although we have had conversations myself and Callum.

“The big conversation for Callum now is making sure he learns his lesson from what happened. He broke lockdown, that was not good enough. He has admitted to that and we move on. The next thing is to train consistency at a really high level, to work hard in training every day.

“He came back from lockdown and got injured pretty early in this period so now he is having to work hard to get fit again. As much as the pitfalls off the pitch, I want to see how he can work on the training pitch to get into this team and perform to the levels we all believe he can at this club. But it does not come easy. That is the thing that I say to Callum a lot and he really has to take that on board now."