Despite being capped three times by England, Chelsea teenager Callum Hudson-Odoi has hinted at a possible nationality switch to Ghana in the future.
In 2019, the 20-year-old made his senior debut for England as a substitute against Czech Republic before earning his first start against Montenegro a few days later.
However, through his father, the Chelsea youngster is eligible to play for Ghana, where he is now on vacation, and the Chelsea youngster has refused to rule out shifting his allegiance.
“I think obviously when you’re young, you have the opportunity to play for England throughout all the years, from under 15 to under 16 all the way up. When they obviously gave me the opportunity to come I was in the country already. It’s something that I already had in my mind, set on already playing for England,” Odoi hinted when addressing Chelsea fans in Ghana at Alisa Hotel on Sunday.
“So it was the thing obviously choosing Ghana or England, and at the end of the day, I said I always had the right people around me who always advise me – what’s right, what’s wrong. England came and I said yeah, let me go and play for my country. But I said Ghana is my home as well, so we’ll see, we’ll see. You’ll never know, so,” he said whilst giggling.
Hudson-Odoi is eligible to represent Ghana in the future, according to FIFA regulations, because he has not played more than three senior matches for England.
Those games all happened before he turned 21, as required, but he would have to wait three years after his last appearance for England to apply.
That occurred on November 17, 2019, so Hudson-Odoi could hypothetically make the application on the same day in 2022, which would be just before the World Cup begins.