The 20-year-old has been given a deeper role on the right wing by the new boss, and he has excelled in it.
His tendency to hug the touchline works in his favour in the new formation, Hoddle points out.
He predicts that Hudson-Odoi will feature there against tottenham on Thursday, as well.
“I think this wing-back role, the system actually suits him,” former Chelsea player and manager Glenn Hoddle told BT Sport commenting on Callum Hudson-Odoi’s performance against Burnley.
“He likes to be wide. He likes to stay wide and hug the line. The Chelsea players, midfield players particularly on the diagonals, were finding him much easier today than they were against Wednesday. He’s always wide.
‘It was intelligent play for the [first] goal, he’s drawn him in, created the space for Azpilicueta and laid it on a plate after really aggressive play.
“All the positive things down this right-hand side came from Hudson-Odoi. He’s got to be delighted with his performance and his manager certainly will be.
“I’m just wondering if he took him off to see Reece James but maybe to save him a bit so he doesn’t get injured [for the Spurs game].”
Hudson-Odoi featured as the right wing-back in both games under Thomas Tuchel and was arguable Man of the Match on both occasions.
Tottenham are a much stronger side (even though they are not in great shape and without Harry Kane), so it’s not clear whether Tuchel will continue the experiment or decide that Jose Mourinho could expose the youngster in this role.
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