Sources: Nottingham Forest agree terms with Hudson-Odoi after new Chelsea talks
Nottingham Forest have agreed personal terms with Chelsea forward Callum Hudson-Odoi, sources have told Football Insider.
Steve Cooper’s team are close to agreeing a deal for the 22-year-old after his potential move to Fulham collapsed.
Forest are in advanced talks with Chelsea over a the fee and structure of the deal, and those will continue on Saturday.
It is believed that Hudson-Odoi already has an agreement in principle with Forest over a long-term contract.
Hudson-Odoi has entered the final year of his contract at Chelsea and his value has fallen considerably from the £70million of two years ago.
Chelsea rejected an offer from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2021 to take the out of favour attacker on loan for the season with an option to buy for £70m.
The winger spent last season on loan with Bayer Leverkusen where he made 21 appearances across all competitions, scoring once.
Hudson-Odoi was closing in on a move to neighbours Fulham but Football Insider revealed (23 August) that negotiations between the sides collapsed.
The 22-year-old was granted permission by the Blues to discuss a move after decided that he wanted to move on from the London club.
Hudson-Odoi has featured for Chelsea’s first team 126 times since his progression to the senior side in 2019.
The winger has been left out of the squad for all three of the Londoners’ opening Premier League games of the 2023-24 campaign.
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Nottingham Forest ‘preparing to move forward with an offer’ for player – No1 target after other options fail
Nottingham Forest have turned their attention to Benfica goalkeeper Odysséas Vlachodimos as they continue their efforts to strengthen their goalkeeper department.
That’s according to O Jogo, who say Nottingham Forest ‘now turn to the Greek international’ after they fell behind in the race for Dean Henderson.
The newspaper explains that Benfica have opened the door for the player to leave, with the goalkeeper going through a very public falling out with manager Roger Schmidt.
While that has calmed down in the public sphere, the reality is that the Portuguese side would be happy for him to depart and are willing to ensure that happens before the window closes.
According to O Jogo’s information, Nottingham Forest are ‘evaluating targets’ to reinforce their goal and have now put Vlachodimos at the top of their list of priorities.
They’ve followed in the path laid out by Manchester United, who had shown an interest in the Greek goalkeeper as competition for Andre Onana but have instead targeted Altay Bayindir from Fenerbahce.
He was also a target for Forest while the Turkish side have also signed another of their options, Dominic Livaković, so they have now focused on Vlachodimos.
He was on their list already and developments have pushed him forwards, so much so that those in charge at the City Ground are now ‘preparing to move forward with an offer’ for the player.
Director of football Rui Costa is ready to accept a deal worth €10m, knowing he has gone from first choice to third choice and would prefer to move on.
