Hudson-Odoi wants regular game time after recovering from injury
With a “neurological” issue forcing him to spend several weeks on the sidelines, the versatile Blues forward spent several weeks stuck on the sidelines during the 2021-22 campaign as he reveals the injury left him unable to pass the ball 10 yards.
Despite making 28 appearances for
Chelseaand establishing himself among Thomas Tuchel's key players, an injury in a FA Cup clash against Luton in March made the Chelsea star spend the rest of the season in the treatment room.
Now recovered from the injury, the winger told
the Blues’ official websitewhy he lacked game time towards the end of last season: “
It was a weird one. It was a neurological thing where I had a tweaked nerve in my back and it stemmed all the way down through my body, so it then became difficult for me to retain muscle.
“There was no power really in my legs and everything was like ‘woah’. I was trying to pass the ball 10 yards but I had no power and I couldn’t even do it.
“I think it was also a post-coronavirus thing from December, which I couldn’t believe because it had been such a long time before.
“The issue started with my Achilles and then I was trying to use other parts of my body to make up for it, so for example when I was running I wasn’t running on my toes as much because my Achilles power wasn’t that strong.
“I was trying to find another way to run and then it started affecting my back but all of it is good now. My Achilles is strong again and my back is strong so everything is perfect. It’s one of those things but I’m glad to be back and to have all my power, strength and speed back is all that I can wish for.”
On the speculations about his future, the
Englandinternational added:
“I want to be playing as much as possible. Regular football brings out the consistency so I want to just keep playing and playing as much as I can.
“Playing those 10 out of 11 games in my preferred position on the left side was massive for me because that’s where I know I can be at my best and do what I do as much as possible.
“My main goal this summer and throughout the season is to be stronger. There were times in the season last year when I was running with the ball and feeling like I could get barged off it or I’m not as strong as I thought I was.
“I’ve been putting more muscle on in training to make sure I’m getting bigger so when the opponents come, I know that I’m strong enough to hold them off, or that I won’t get barged and I can barge them instead.”
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