The Blues will take action should they find proof of foul play in the Bundesliga side’s attempts to sign the 18-year-old winger <\/p>\n
Chelsea will report Bayern Munich to FIFA if they find evidence that the Bundesliga champions have been ‘tapping up’ Callum Hudson-Odoi, Goal can confirm.<\/p>\n
As reported by Goal, the Bundesliga giants have tabled a fourth bid worth \u00a335 million\u00a0($45m) for the 18-year-old winger, while they have offered him the No.10 shirt in an attempt to convince him to move to Germany.<\/p>\n
But the Blues will act should they find that Bayern made any illegal approach to Hudson-Odoi.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n ‘Tapping up’ in football describes the illegal practice of clubs bending the rules to sign a player, which includes contacting the player, family or their representatives without the permission of the club holding their registration.<\/p>\n Chelsea\u00a0have yet to make a decision over the latest\u00a0offer for the 18-year-old but, with Hudson-Odoi stalling on renewing his contract at Stamford Bridge that expires in 2020, it would seem a switch to Germany is inevitable.<\/p>\n Should they decide to accept the bid, Hudson-Odoi\u00a0would rank as the third biggest signing in Bayern’s history, after Javi Martinez and Corentin Tolisso.<\/p>\n Indeed, Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic made clear that the\u00a0club are interested in signing Hudson-Odoi, confirming to reporters on Wednesday that he is on their list of January targets.<\/p>\n “He’s a very interesting player that we really want to sign,”\u00a0he said. “He has qualities that suit our game. He’s a strong dribbler, fast, and carries a goal threat.”<\/p>\n Chelsea are set for a busy transfer window beyond deciding the future of Hudson-Odoi, with Alvaro Morata, Davide Zappacosta and Cesc Fabregas all possibly leaving the club this winter.<\/p>\n Fabregas is closing in on finalising a move to Monaco, while Morata is a target for the likes of Atletico Madrid and Sevilla.<\/p>\n The Blues are lining up replacements for Morata, Fabregas and Zappacosta – in the event that they all leave – with\u00a0AC Milan forward\u00a0Gonzalo Higuain, Napoli full-back Elseid Hysaj and Cagliari midfielder\u00a0Nicolo Barella among those Maurizio Sarri’s side are looking at.<\/p>\n Away from transfer matters, Chelsea return to Premier League action on Saturday when they face Newcastle at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n Sarri’s men are currently fourth in the table and will be looking to bounce back from their defeat to Tottenham in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final last time out.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Blues will take action should they find proof of foul play in the Bundesliga side’s attempts to sign the 18-year-old winger Chelsea will report Bayern Munich to FIFA if they find evidence that the Bundesliga champions have been ‘tapping up’ Callum Hudson-Odoi, Goal can confirm. As reported by Goal, the Bundesliga giants have tabled…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n