Ultimately, the manager makes the decisions and sometimes theyвЂ™re unfair. Whether a player should be starting or not would not help their development, itвЂ™s whether they actually are starting. Some argue now that De Bruyne should have gotten more game time, however, that is irrelevant in the real world as hindsight is 20/20. Mourinho gave De Bruyne reasons why he wouldnвЂ™t get game time. The legendary manager knew he would be unable to provide that, so he opted to do without the option of De Bruyne in cup games and let him go develop. Mourinho recognized the talent the young Belgian possessed, but he knew that talent needed game time to grow. At the time, many didnвЂ™t recognize just how big a gesture that was from Mourinho. He then offered a loan to De Bruyne, who refused and preferred an outright sale. De Bruyne had come to ask for more game time, Mourinho let him know why he wouldnвЂ™t get more game time. Managers always want to have as many options at any given time as possible of course, many of their options donвЂ™t like being just вЂњoptions.вЂќ Jose Mourinho was honest with Kevin De Bruyne in 2014 by letting the Belgian know just where he sat in the pecking order. This means that it takes an especially generous and selfless manager to let go of a player that they know they wonвЂ™t use, to let them continue their development elsewhere. This is why contracts are signed, Tuchel prefers to have the option of Hudson-Odoi on the bench, even if he wonвЂ™t use him, rather than not at all. Now if itвЂ™s clear Tuchel has other players heвЂ™d rather use before he turns to the Englishman, why wonвЂ™t Tuchel just let him go to get the game time he needs elsewhere? Well, one could say itвЂ™s because players are not entitled to the club putting their (the playersвЂ™) needs above its own. He started trying to engineer a move then, but Tuchel seemingly deemed it too late. Chelsea played three matches in the new season before the transfer window closed and Hudson-Odoi quickly realized вЂњfighting for his placeвЂќ required being given a chance to, and those chances hadnвЂ™t come yet. There was talk about the youngster going on loan, but he said heвЂ™d rather stay and fight for his place. Related Story: Chelsea: Expecting fluidity and teamwork is ignoring reality ItвЂ™s clear that Tuchel prefers other players, in forward positions and at wingback. Hudson-Odoi made 18 appearances in all competitions under Tuchel and at some point, it seemed Hudson-Odoi was going to be a regular, then Tuchel just stopped playing him. Zouma was used sparingly, making only 12 appearances out of 30 under the Champions League-winning manager. This is a bit selfish from Tuchel, but the German is well within his rights to refuse to let one of his players go, especially that late in the transfer window.ДЄbraham was more or less discarded pretty quickly, not long after the arrival of Tuchel. Thomas Tuchel probably did not want to forfeit the possibility of having Hudson-Odoi on the bench when the Blues needed him.

All of the above were players that were at the bottom of the pecking order in their respective positions. This was after centerback Kurt Zouma was let go to West Ham United for ВЈ29.8 million and Tammy Abraham was sold to AS Roma for about ВЈ40 million. By Olaoluwa Nwobodo 21 hours ago Follow TweetД¬allum Hudson-Odoi had his potential move to Borussia Dortmund blocked as the deadline closed in.