Head coach of Chelsea FC Frank Lampard is tight-lipped over speculations linking English-born Ghanaian winger Callum Hudson Odoi away from the club.
The budding wideman has been linked with a transfer to German giants Bayern Munich after falling behind the pecking order at Stamford Bridge.
Hudson-Odoi made a brief appearance for the Blues in their opening fixture victory against Brighton despite the club's injury woes.
His situation has prompted reports that European heavyweights Bayern Munich are looking to sign him at a cut-price fee after failing to secure the winger last summer.
Ahead of the side's crunch clash against Liverpool, manager Lampard was quizzed on the future of the 19-year-old but could not provide a definite answer.
"I’ve got no idea; I’ve not got anything. I don’t know if there is any truth on it, so not much to say I suppose,” Lampard said during a press conference.
"I’d be surprised if any player is not disappointed when they don’t play games. I’d be very surprised by that. With Callum, the young player he is, he has to absolutely focus on the work he puts in on the training ground day in, day out.
"I’ve said it now quite a few times. When I select a team, I have to think about how players trained, how they play within the team, how we work on the ball and, just as much, how we work off the ball. I have no favourites here; I don’t lean on people because I like them.
"I lean on people because I want people to be successful, which, in turn, will hopefully make everybody here happy. Callum is a young developing player and a lot of talk has come his way because of the way his career has gone at a young age.
"The facts remain the same for all young players in the squad, they have to work every day with the idea to put themselves in the frame to start.”
Since the return of football after the coronavirus break, Hudson-Odoi has started only one game and has accumulated a total of just 203 minutes.