Rob Green has revealed how Chelsea’s stars were left questioning why Callum Hudson-Odoi was not in their team last season.

The players were not happy the youngster was not initially playing reguarlarly for the team, and the club fans were also alarmed at the turn of events.

Despite consistent excellence in training, the 18-year-old England winger was used sparingly by coach Maurizio Sarri, starting just four Premier League matches.

It was therefore not surprising the Hudson–Odoi’s desperation to join Bayern Munich in January.

The England international was again excellent in Chelsea’s 4-1 win at Southampton on Sunday but this comes as no surprise to Green, who spent last season at Stamford Bridge.

‘We were in the dressing room last season and the players were saying “how is he not playing?”,’ Green told BBC Radio 5 Live.

‘He was going out in training and tearing some of the best defenders in the world apart. He was consistently the best in training.

‘It was to the point where some of the best players in the world were standing there applauding what he was doing.’

Sarri did play Hudson-Odoi in various cup matches but the youngster is set to feature regularly under Lampard now he has returned from an Achilles tendon rupture, report the Sportsmail.

And Green believes the player’s natural confidence will enable him to thrive in the game at the highest level.

He said: ‘He has got such a brilliant mind and he is so confident. When he goes out there he will try things and he will try it on the biggest stage.

‘He will do something and you will ask him: ‘When have you done that? Why did you do that?’

‘He would say “because I’ve never done it before and I thought I’d try it”.