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Chelsea hero Nevin: Hazard will be frustrated with Hudson-Odoi hype

Chelsea hero Pat Nevin believes the transfer talk around Callum Hudson-Odoi will be frustrating senior teammates.

The 18-year-old has handed in a transfer request to force through a January exit after Bayern Munich failed with four bids, the last worth around £35 million.

And Nevin feels the attention given to a player with just 61 minutes of Premier League football this season will have irked the likes of Hazard.

"If you're [Eden] Hazard, you've been at incredible levels," Nevin told LoveSportRadio.

"If you're Willian, you've been in a Brazilian World Cup team. If you're Pedro, you've got Champions League and World Cup medals.

"You're them and you're looking at this kid who has done the square root of nothing and apparently everything is about him! You'd be fed up with him.

"If he gets sold and he gets £35m for Chelsea, I suspect he's paid back something of what he owes there.

"It might not be what Chelsea or any club wants, but if you get £35m for spending a good bit of time developing a player, that's good business.

"I would much, much prefer the lad to stay but I understand he wants games of football."

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