My belief is back to return for England - Hudson-Odoi

Callum Hudson-Odoi feels he is almost back at the beginning of his career.

The winger's mindset now, as then, is going into every game feeling he can score or assist, being part of the conversation around the England senior team, and once again trying to impress Thomas Tuchel.

Now 24, the three-cap England international has been a key part of a Nottingham Forest side that has maintained their Premier League form to close in on Champions League qualification. Forest also face a trip to Brighton in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on Saturday.

Six years ago, Hudson-Odoi was one of the most exciting prospects in English football. He had been the Chelsea academy golden boy, with the club knocking back bids to sign him in the January 2019 transfer window from Bayern Munich.

He made his England debut under Gareth Southgate in March, coming on as a substitute in a 5-0 win over the Czech Republic in a Euro 2020 qualifier. He was 18 and became the youngest to play for England in a competitive international match, breaking Duncan Edwards' 64-year-old record.

But in April 2019, he ruptured his Achilles tendon in a match against Burnley. The tendon completely detached from the bone and his seven months out of the game was followed by further setbacks.

"I had been playing games week in, week out, got my first call up for England and I step off and boom, everything collapses," he told BBC Sport. "It was tough, it was very tough.

"At the time, I was just thinking am I going to be the same player I was? Will I be able to sprint or kick a ball again">