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Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi says his relationship with manager Thomas Tuchel is now rock solid.
Within two months of the German’s arrival, their relationship was in the spotlight when Tuchel brought him on at Southampton at half-time before hauling him off 31 minutes later.
“That situation was very strange to me,” says Hudson-Odoi. “I’ve never been in a situation like that, so when it happened in my head I was just like, there was no need for me to sulk or go into a strop or give attitude because that’s not the person I am. Everything was be calm, be happy, be relaxed.”
It is an open secret that Tuchel wants more from Hudson-Odoi. You only have to watch his histrionics from the bench to know that. It is also increasingly apparent that Tuchel is slowly being won round by the 21-year-old.
“The manager is a very good guy, tactically he’s amazing,” said Hudson-Odoi to the Daily Mail. “He knows how to get the best out of each player, sometimes it might be in a way that you don’t want to hear it or he might be shouting in a way that you think: ‘Why are you shouting so much on the touchline?’
“Sometimes it’s hard to understand and you think to yourself: ‘Can you calm down a little bit and stop shouting as much?!’
“But he’s trying to get a message across and make it clear to you that: ‘Listen, I want this from you because I want to win the game. I’m not just going to shout at you, I’ll shout at everybody to make sure we get the best out of everybody. And we win the game. Or get the 100 per cent out of everybody’.
Hudson-Odoi admitted the German manager knows how to get the best out of each player
“It’s definitely a different sort of manager compared to the others ones I’ve been under. He’s always on his toes, always up and ready to make a gesture or talk. Just very vocal.
“It’s good on the pitch but sometimes it’s like: ‘Can you quieten down a little bit, not shout as much?’ But it’s OK.”