Gianfranco Zola insists Chelsea have done all they can to convince Callum Hudson-Odoi to stay at Stamford Bridge.

The highly sought-after 18-year-old handed in a transfer request on Saturday with Bayern Munich ready to come back in with a £40million bid for him.

The winger started and scored in the 3-0 FA Cup victory over Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday evening, despite confiding in friends that he hoped to have played his last game for the club.

Callum Hudson-Odoi scored in the 3-0 FA Cup victory over Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday

At full-time he appeared to say his goodbyes to fans at Stamford Bridge, who had chanted at him to stay throughout, and Zola says there is no more the club, or supporters, can do.

'We want him to stay as well, we were singing as well!' the Italian said.

'We can do as much as we an do. He has a lot of strong players next to him but we're till finding the space for him to play.

'I want to stress, if you look around the big clubs in Europe not many have 18 year olds that play as much as him.

'But these are just decisions that don't belong to me. There's certainly good understanding between the staff and the club. I can't say more than that.'

Gianfranco Zola insists Chelsea have done all they can to keep Hudson-Odoi at the club

Hudson-Odoi handed a shirt to a fan at full time as he raised his hands to applaud the three sides of the ground.

Despite the obvious message, he remained coy on his future.

Asked if it was his final Chelsea game, he said: 'I don't know I cant say but I'll just keep working hard and see what happens.' He also refused to say whether he had been in contact with Bayern.

Ruud Guillit, sitting in the BBC gantry, backed Hudson-Odoi to make the move to Germany.

Hudson-Odoi handed a shirt to a fan at full time as he raised his hands to applaud the fans

'If it was my son I would say go and play,' he said. 'You can only get better from playing, not sitting on the bench or staying with the U23s.'

Meanwhile, Sheffield Wednesday caretaker boss Steven Agnew condemned the object thrown from the away end after Chelsea's opener.

Coins appeared to be picked up by home players, as well as a pair of goggles after Willian opened the scoring from the spot.

'I wasn't aware of that,' admitted the Wednesday manager. 'It's not the right thing to do.'