Pulisic has joined Chelsea from Borussia Dortmund for a fee of around £58million.The USA international has immediately been loaned back to Dortmund for the remainder of the campaign
However, when he finally becomes part of the Blues squad, first-team opportunities will be restricted even further for Hudson-Odoi
Academy graduate Hudson-Odoi has been subject of several offers from Bundesliga side Bayern Munich
The 18-year-old is reportedly keen on the move after seeing the success of fellow English youngsters Jadon Sancho and Reiss Nelson in Germany
Kilbane cannot see much difference in quality between Hudson-Odoi and the man Chelsea have just signed in Pulisic
And he says the teenager will want to leave to get regular first-team football. “Why wouldn’t Callum Hudson-Odoi leave Chelsea though?” former Republic of Ireland international Kilbane said
They’ve just signed Pulisic for £60m. “This is one of the best young players in world football at the moment and he’s not going to get any game time
So why wouldn’t he think about moving somewhere else? If a club like Bayern Munich are supposedly in for him, we’ve seen his ability today
I don’t think it’s money for him. From his point of view I’d like to think it’s not about [money]
He could get £50,000, £60,000, £70,000-a-week, whatever at Chelsea. It’s not about that for him, he needs to be playing
He is on the level of Pulisic, he is at that level, that’s the thing with him. “Pulisic has obviously played a lot more games, he’s a bit more experienced
But ability-wise there is not much difference.”  Get Chelsea latest news updates directly to your inbox Subscribe Thank you for subscribing
