Callum Hudson-Odoi gives his take on Frank Lampard's fines system | OneFootball

Callum Hudson-Odoi says the fines system put in place by Frank Lampard at Chelsea is fine by him.

The topic made the news earlier this week when a list leaked online of various financial penalties for Blues players if they break the rules this season.

The most severe fine on the sheet is £20,000 for arriving late to training and though Hudson-Odoi admits Lampard runs a tight ship, he says it isn’t something that bothers him and the rest of the squad.

“We have a couple of fines where it’s very strict and we have to stick by it,” says Hudson-Odoi.

“But even if there weren’t fines we would still be on point. All of us are on time with everything we do. If there is a fine we pay it, but we don’t really think about it.

“[Lampard] is hard on me, but it’s in a good way because he wants me to improve and keep getting better. The manager’s very strict on me but it’s always for a better cause.”

Hudson-Odoi played and scored when Chelsea beat Grimsby 7-1 in the Carabao Cup earlier this season, but he says Lampard’s strive for perfection means the Blues boss still wasn’t happy with certain aspects of the performance.

“He wants to win in the best way, not just the result but with the best performance as well,” added the England winger.

“He told me at half-time ‘Cal, you can do a couple of things better’. He was a bit critical but what he did was helpful because now I’m trying to listen to him a bit more.

“He was telling me to get into more pockets [of space], run in behind defenders, make different angles. I was listening to him and thinking ‘When you go out in the second half, try and do that’. I tried much more and it was working, I was getting opportunities from it, so I’ve just got to keep listening and I’ll improve.”