Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi has on Monday paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo at the seat of Government at the Jubilee House in Accra.

He was accompanied by the Minister for Youth and Sports Hon Mustapha Ussif and his brother and agent Bradley Odoi.

The President has charged the Sports Minister to explore ways of getting Callum Hudson-Odoi switch nationality to play for Ghana.

"On Monday, 7th June 2021, GH born Chelsea footballer, Callum Hudson-Odoi, paid a courtesy call on@NAkufoAddo at Jubilee House Amongst others, he urged the Minister for Youth and Sports to explore the possibility of having Callum switch nationality & play for the Black Stars" a tweet from the Ministry of Information stated.


Hudson-Odoi has been in Ghana since arriving last week Wednesday for holidays and has attended a series of events including watching the Ga Matse derby between Hearts of Oak and Accra Great Olympics.

He presented the President with a signed a Chelsea jersey with his number twenty and name emblazoned at the back.

The winger helped Chelsea lift the UEFA Champions League trophy after beating Manchester City in Porto although he did not play in the finals but  scored twice in the Champions League for Chelsea.

Hudson-Odoi was born and raised in Wandsworth, Greater London and is the younger brother of non-League striker Bradley Hudson-Odoi and the second son of former Hearts of Oak Ghanaian midfielder Bismark Odoi.

He was called up by the England under-21 team for the first time in March 2019.

A few days later, following injury to some of the senior squad players, he was called up to Gareth Southgate's senior squad for UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Montenegro.

He made his debut on 22 March as a 70th-minute substitute in a 5–0 win over the Czech Republic at Wembley Stadium.

Despite playing for England he can still switch nationality and represent Ghana since he has not made more than three appearances for England and is still under the age of 21.

The winger was snubbed by Gareth Southgate for his Euro 2020 squad and will certainly be having second thoughts about representing England with how tight competition is as compared to Ghana.

He made a total of 32 appearances across all competitions scoring four goals for the blues and providing six assists.