Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi is to have surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon which ended his season.
The 18-year-old suffered the injury in Monday’s 2-2 draw with Burnley and is scheduled to have an operation on Tuesday evening.
“Callum is seeing a specialist this afternoon and is expected to undergo surgery on his ruptured Achilles tendon this evening,” said a club statement.
#Breaking Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi is seeing a specialist this afternoon and is expected to undergo surgery on his ruptured Achilles tendon this evening, the club have announced pic.twitter.com/FDE3mM6hMf— PA Dugout (@PAdugout) April 23, 2019
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It means he will miss the club’s remaining fixtures as they bid to secure a top-four spot and also win the Europa League.
He will also miss England’s Nations League finals this summer after making his debut last month.
Hudson-Odoi, a product of Chelsea’s academy system, made 28 appearances and scored five goals in his breakthrough season.
Callum Hudson-Odoi will have surgery on Tuesday night (Adam Davy/PA)
He made his debut in the Community Shield against Manchester City in August and his emergence as a first-team player attracted the attention of England boss Gareth Southgate, who handed the forward his first senior cap against Czech Republic and followed it up with a start in the 5-0 win in Montenegro.
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England’s manager was not the only one to be interested in Hudson-Odoi with Bayern Munich trying and failing to take him to the Bundesliga with a £35million bid in January.
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