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Abraham ‘buzzing’ for new season at Chelsea

Several media outlets including The Guardian are reporting how Tammy Abraham is eagerly looking forward to returning to Chelsea for pre-season and feels he and other youngsters can make a big impact at the club in the 2019/20 season.

Speaking to the media in Italy ahead of England’s final game at the UEFA Under-21 Championship Abraham said the club’s transfer ban and the arrival of a new manager presents an opportunity for the Blues’ bright young stars.



‘This year is the most important year for us. It is now or never,” said the 21-year-old striker who scored 26 goals on loan at Aston Villa last season.

‘There will never be a better time to play the youngsters. Of course the transfer ban is probably not what the club wanted but for us it is exciting. I am excited and I am sure the rest of the players are.

‘There is a great chance for us young players so we must get our heads down in training and go for it at Chelsea. I have already been talking to the club about pre-season. I’m going to have a couple of weeks and then come back hitting the ground running.

‘There is no better time for a young player to be at Chelsea. I am going to give it my all. With a new manager coming in there is no better time to show what I am made of in pre-season. I am just buzzing at the thought of the new season.’

While Chelsea have yet to name a successor to Maurizio Sarri as head coach, Abraham would relish the chance to play under Frank Lampard, who has been tipped as the favourite to get the job.

‘I believe in myself and there is no better guy to play under as well,’ he said.

‘Someone you have grown up watching, who has been at Chelsea forever. He knows about me as well – I played against his team in the play-off final. I am pretty sure he knows all about me.

‘And [assistant coach] Jody [Morris] as well. I have obviously been coached by Jody in the younger age groups. So it is positive, it is all positive.’