Callum Hudson-Odoi has admitted that Chelsea will always be home to him, despite his departure from the club during the summer.

Hudson-Odoi struggled to nail down a regular place in Chelsea’s starting XI, and eventually opted to leave for Nottingham Forest.

The 22-year-old told Sky Sports when asked about his decision to leave in a recent interview: “It was very tough.”

“Chelsea will always be in my heart, no matter what. They gave me the platform to start, it’s where I called home, I was there for 16 years of my life. They gave me the opportunity to play in the first team and youth cups, they gave me everything.

“It was emotional knowing it was time for me to go, but there was also excitement – a new chapter, a new start.

“It was weird at times, sitting at home, thinking about it. I lived 15 minutes from the (Chelsea) training ground, and I was sitting there thinking, ‘I’m going somewhere where I know no one’. It was a bit surreal.

“But now I am here at Forest, I will give everything to this club.”