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Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham plans to “steal ideas” from Jamie Vardy to ensure he is a success for England.

Abraham may be handed an opportunity to lead the line for the Three Lions when they face Italy and Denmark in friendlies in March, with skipper Harry Kane out with injury.

The young Chelsea striker is having an excellent season, but his 13 goals make him only the fourth highest English scorer in the Premier League this term.

Marcus Rashford and Danny Ings both have 14 goals, but Leicester City’s main man Vardy tops the charts with 17.

And Abraham, 22, says he wants to take Vardy’s best attributes and make them his own.

“Of course I look up to Harry Kane and I’m gutted he’s injured but hopefully he’ll be back for the Euros,” Abraham told Chelsea’s official website.

“There is an opportunity and that’s the world of football but there’s a load of competition as well. I look across the board and see Marcus Rashford, Danny Ings, a lot of strikers scoring goals.

“Jamie Vardy is another talented striker, he has an eye for goal and he’s one of the players I’ve grown up loving.

“I’ve got to steal his ideas and make them my own but if he comes back [from international retirement], then he comes back. Hopefully I’ll still be there either way.”

Talk is growing of an international u-turn for Vardy, who stepped down from Three Lions duty after the 2018 World Cup, with manager Gareth Southgate leaving the door open to a return.

However, Brendan Rodgers cannot foresee Vardy changing his mind, and said last week that he would not be encouraging his star man to come out of international retirement.