‘Medical completed’: Crystal Palace and Fulham linked player to leave Chelsea after refusing pay cut

Callum Hudson-Odoi has undergone his medical at Nottingham Forest as he brings to an end his more than 10-year stay at Chelsea to an end.

Fulham had been leading the race to sign the English forward with Crystal Palace also interesting him, but it is the pull of manager Steve Cooper that has helped get the move across the line for the Chelsea forward.

Forest have secured the deal despite interest from Fulham in Hudson-Odoi, who spent last season on loan at Bayer Leverkusen. The 22-year-old will provide another attacking option for manager Steve Cooper.

Chelsea have confirmed the signing of Cole Palmer from Manchester City and have made Conor Gallagher available for sale if the £50million price tag is met by either Spurs or any of the teams interested in him.

Hudson-Odoi spent last season out on loan at Leverkusen and had wanted to be given a chance to impress the new manager but issues of his £120k-a-week wages meant he was always looking to be sold alongside the likes of Hakim Ziyech and Romelu Lukaku.

The sale of HudsonOdoi will be a double boost for Chelsea owners who are now looking to raise some funds after spending almost £1billion on players since they took over the club a little over a year ago.

Elsewhere Chelsea would hope that their investment in the transfer window will continue to show dividends on the field when they host Nottingham Forest in the Premier League this weekend.

They have won their last two games and will hope to win three games on the spin for the first time in six months when Steve Cooper’s team come to Stamford Bridge.