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  • Tammy Abraham returns for Roma in derby

    Tammy Abraham returns for Roma in derby

    Tammy Abraham made his first appearance since June as Roma claimed a 1-0 win over rivals Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico.

    The England striker, who suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury 10 months ago, came on in the 79th minute.

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    Gianluca Mancini’s header from a corner three minutes before half-time was enough to clinch the points.

    Roma stay fifth in Serie A – two points behind Bologna in the final Champions League spot.

    Former Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi thought he had scored an equaliser in the second half but Daichi Kamada was ruled offside in the build-up.

  • Tammy Abraham to earn £50,000 per week in improved contract

    Nigeria born England international Tammy Abraham is on the verge of landing a boost on his Chelsea contract it has been revealed.

    The 21 year old who made his Three Lions debut in their 2-1 loss to Czech Republic in the Euro Qualifiers is about to get his per week wage shot up to £50,000.

    Abraham has been prolific for the Blues this season netting nine goals in 11 appearances and the reviewed contract is seen as a reward for hard work.

    Marcos Alonso celebrates after scoring for Chelsea Saturday

    Abraham’s contract officially expires in June 2022 but Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano scooped that a new one is in the pipeline.

    “Chelsea are “close to an agreement” and “more than confident” to extend Tammy Abraham contract. Totally confirmed,” he wrote on Twitter.

    Some football pundits insinuate that the deal could be a calculated attempt at chasing away eagle eyed suitors who may be ready to make a dash for him at the next transfer window.

    Tammy came close to increasing his goal tally on Saturday when he sent a cross in front of goal above the bar in Chelsea’s clash with visiting Newcastle.

    The Blues nonetheless ran away with a lone goal and three points into the kitty. Marcos Alonso’s 73rd minute goal was all the Stamford Bridge landlords needed to seal victory.

     

     

     

  • Tammy Abraham settled as Tomori eyes Bulgaria debut

     

    Nigeria born former England junior international Tammy Abraham finally sealed his debut for the senior national team of England Friday with a three minutes appearance for the Three Lions.

    His debut however ended in defeat after Czech Republic came from behind to carry the day in the Euro qualifiers. Tottenham forward Harry Kane had shot the Three Lions into the lead after converting a 5th minute penalty raising hope that

    Gareth Southgate and his men were set to savour victory on a platter.  That was however not to be as the Czechs responded in the 9th and 85th minutes respectively.

    Tammy and Fikayo in the England dressing room

    Tammy’s debut Friday finally put paid to permutations over which country he will eventually play for. Tammy who has been on fire for Chelsea since the beginning of this season was thrown in the game in the 88th minute replacing Declan Rice.On his part Fikayo Tomori who was also called up with Abraham watched from the bench as the Three lions failed to fly over Czech Republic.  He will be hoping to have an opportunity when England take on Bulgaria on Monday.

    The two Chelsea teammates have prior to the Euro qualifiers dominated that headlines over whether or not they will chose to play for England on Nigeria. Meanwhile Philip Billing whose father is Nigerian and mother from Denmark is on the list against Switzerland Saturday.  Should he make a debut for the side he too would have put paid to the debate over his allegiance.

    Denmark’s next match after Saturday will be against Gilbratar and then Ireland

     

     

     

     

  • Tammy Abraham, Tomori hit England camp for Czech clash

     

    Nigeria born duo Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori have linked up with Three Lions following their call up for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria respectively.

    The two Chelsea stars had prior to their call up been subjects of debate over which of the national teams they will join between the Three Lions and the Super Falcons.

    Twenty two year old Tammy has so far made 10 appearances for Chelsea scoring 8 goals in the bargain. Tomori who plays in the defence  on his part has made six appearances for the Blues with a goal to his credit .

    Abraham is in the England squad for a second time, while 21-year-old defender Tomori is set to make his debut after a strong start to the Premier League season under Frank Lampard.

    Blues midfielders Mason Mount and Ross Barkley are also in Gareth Southgate’s 24-man squad.

    The call-up is reward for a fine start to the season for both Abraham and Tomori, with the former at the top of the Premier League goal scoring charts with eight, alongside Sergio Aguero.

    Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori in training in Lions camp

    Tomori has also impressed with several astute defensive displays and he himself got among the goals, firing in a fine long range effort against Wolves, a game in which Abraham bagged three.

    Speaking ahead of Sunday’s clash with Southampton, Lampard revealed that the pair had ‘big smiles on their faces’ at training after their call ups were announced.

    But the Chelsea boss warned them: ‘It is great news for them, but as I keep saying that it is just the start. The minute any standards drop or complacency kicks in then they will all suffer.

    ‘I am pleased they smile, they need to take this now, something to add to their armoury and say, ‘Okay I am an England player, I am in the England squad. I need to show even more, game in and game out for us’.’

    England are aiming to maintain their perfect qualifying record so far this campaign.

    After four games, the Three Lions are top of the group and three points clear of Czech Republic in second.

  • Lampard to Abraham: Playing for England not a walk in the park!

     

    Chelsea Coach Frank Lampard has told his Nigeria born goal scoring sensation Tammy Abraham that although playing for England is a good idea; he will need to remain in his killer form to compete in the Three Lions’ den.

    He made the submission on the heels of Abraham’s call up by England ahead of their upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria on the 11th and 14th October respectively.

    The former Chelsea legend opined that the Three Lions boasts of very good strikers which imply that competition will be stiff.

    “Naturally when he goes to the England squad he has the attributes to go there and be successful. It is another step for him but I am sure that he has the attitude to take that challenge of being a goal scorer for England.

    “There is competition there. When he steps into the squad he will see there are great strikers there already around him so it is a good challenge for Tammy.” he said

    Tammy gets a pat from Lampard

    England Coach Gareth Southgate confirmed that the former Aston Villa loanee’s invitation on Thursday was based on merit.

    The 22 year old has netted eight goals in eight starts this season his latest being 22nd minute goal in the 2-1 defeat of Lille of France in the Champions league on Wednesday.

    Tammy who cannot be said to be completely new to the Three Lions having featured in a friendly match in 2017 against Germany will be hoping to continue his scoring mission when Chelsea visit Southampton on Sunday in the premier league.

    It has been three wins in three outings for the Stamford Bridge boys with the biggest win coming against Grimsby Town who were hammered 7-2 in the league cup.

     

     

     

  • International future: Thursday is D-Day for Tammy Abraham

     

    Which way for Nigeria-born England junior international Tammy Abraham?  Will the 21 year old play for the Three Lions under Coach Gareth Southgate or settle for Super Eagles under Coach Gernot Rohr?

    Thursday will be decision day for the Chelsea forward who has since netted seven goals for the Stamford Bridge landlords. Both countries have shown interest in having him commit to international future and several stakeholders have offered him useful advice on the pros and cons of choosing one of the countries.

    Decision time for Chelsea forward Tammy

    Gareth Southgate is set to play a double header in the Euro qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria respectively and there are indications that his final 23-man team will be announced on Thursday. There are equally insinuations in some quarters that Tammy might get a last minute call up.

    Should Tammy who is sure to feature in Chelsea’s Champions league against Lille today  feature in any of the qualifiers lined up for the Three Lions  next weekend, he would put paid to the unending debate over which country he will settle for. Only recently former Millwall and Wimbledon striker John Fashanu advised Tammy to learn from his mistake and join the Super Eagles where he stands a chance of playing many national matches that will help his international career.

  • Drogba not surprised at Tammy’s rise, gets Ballon d’ Or role

     

    Ivory Coast and Chelsea legend Didier Drogba says it is no surprise that Nigeria born Tammy Abraham is displaying traits of greatness adding that he is fast in learning and is determined.

    Drogba who netted 164 goals in his close to a decade sojourn with Chelsea predicted that Abraham and other younger players in the club will do more exploits in the future especially with former Chelsea ace Frank Lampard ready to hand them opportunities to showcase their skills.

    “Yeah, I’ve known him [Abraham] since he’s been [very young].”I am not surprised with what I have seen with Abraham.

    Ivory Coast and Chelsea legend Didier Drogba

    “These are kids we used to see, they used to come and watch us training, and I believe they learned a little bit of our skills, how we read the game,” he enthused in a chat with sky sports.

    Abraham is not the only home-grown star to be thriving at Chelsea, with Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori also getting their big breaks.

    Meanwhile, the former Galatasaray ace has been handed a role as co-host of this year Ballon d’Or scheduled for December 2nd in Paris. Although the Ivorian international did not win the award in the course of his career he was nonetheless nominated a record eight times between 2004 and 2012 when he was literally on fire at the Stamford Bridge.

    He finished 4th in the 2007 edition with 108 points behind Brazil international Kaka emerging winner with 444 points beating Messi and Ronaldo to the second and third place respectively.

    “I would have liked to do better but this fourth place is a great reward,” admits Drogba.

    The 64th Ballon d’Or ceremony will be take place at the end of the year, with Virgil van Dijk the front runner, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as usual in the race for the prestigious award.

     

     

  • EPL: Abraham on song as Chelsea beat Wolves

    Nigerian born Tammy Abraham scored a brilliant hat-trick – and an own goal – as Chelsea destroyed Wolves at Molineux.

    The England forward scored twice in the space of seven first-half minutes after another Nigerian Fikayo Tomori – another 21-year-old – had opened the scoring with a stunning 25-yard finish.

    Abraham, who spent last season on loan in the Championship with Aston Villa, doubled the lead with a shot on the turn after referee Graham Scott had played an advantage following Conor Coady’s foul on Mason Mount.

    Wolves, who remain without a top-flight win this season, fell further behind when Abraham headed home, before the Chelsea striker made it 4-0 with a superb finish after beating Coady – a seventh league goal of the season that took him to the top of the scoring charts.

    In an eventful game, Abraham then scored an own goal as Romain Saiss’ header struck his right hand before crossing the line, before Patrick Cutrone added a second Wolves goal from close range.

    Mason Mount, 20, added Chelsea’s fifth goal with virtually the last kick of the game.

    At the White Hart Lane, Tottenham produced a breathtaking performance to brush aside Crystal Palace and register their first victory since the opening day of the season.

    All four Spurs goals came in the first half, with Son Heung-min the main protagonist of a scintillating attacking display from Mauricio Pochettino’s side.

    The South Korea forward capitalized on a defensive lapse from returning Palace defender Mamadou Sakho to fire the hosts into an early lead, before visiting left-back Patrick van Aanholt inadvertently directed Spurs right-back Serge Aurier’s cross into his own net.

    Son made it 3-0 moments later, connecting beautifully with another Aurier cross to fire a crisp volley beyond the stranded Vicente Guaita.

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    Erik Lamela finished off another flowing move involving Son and Harry Kane to complete the scoring with three minutes of the first period remaining.

    Son and Lamela went close to adding further gloss to the scoreline after the restart, while Gary Cahill and Cheikhou Kouyate forced Hugo Lloris into action at the other end.

    Marcus Rashford scored a first-half penalty as Manchester United claimed only their second win of the season to end Leicester’s unbeaten start.

    The England striker was fouled by Caglar Soyuncu before sending Kasper Schmeichel the wrong way from the subsequent spot kick.

    Rashford went close to adding a second in the final 10 minutes but his free-kick clattered into the top corner of the woodwork.

    The result sees United move up to fourth in the table, while Leicester drop to fifth.

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  • England World Cup Squad: Abraham snubbed

    England Manager Gareth Southgate on Wednesday named 23-man World Cup squad with the name of Tammy Abraham missing on the list.

    Recall that Abraham had a chance to represent the Super Eagles at the world stage but chose England after getting a cap in an International Friendly.

    The player caught the attention of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, after scoring four of Swansea’s seven league goals in the outgone English Premier League season.

    Abraham’s father is a close friend of Pinnick who in September 2017 announced that Abraham had switched his allegiance to Nigeria which the player denied through a statement the same day. He reaffirmed his availability for England.

    On 2 November 2017, he was one of three uncapped players called up to the senior England team by manager, Gareth Southgate for friendlies against Germany and Brazil. He made his debut against the former on 10 November, starting in a 0–0 draw at Wembley Stadium.

    The full England World Cup squad:

    Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford, Nick Pope, Jack Butland

    Defenders: Alexander-Arnold, Gary Cahill, Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Harry Maguire, John Stones, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker, Danny Rose

    Midfielders: Dele Alli, Fabian Delph, Eric Dier, Jordan Henderson, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Jesse Lingard, Raheem Sterling

    Forwards: Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Jamie Vardy, Danny Welbeck,

  • I’ve No Regret Shunning Nigeria -Tammy Abraham

    I’ve No Regret Shunning Nigeria -Tammy Abraham

    Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham, known as Tammy Abraham has reiterated that he never considered to play for Nigeria at international level despite repeated overtures from the Nigerian Football Federation.

    The London-born professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Swansea City, on loan from Chelsea, has earned a callup for the England senior national team.

    Reports have it that Abraham’s father is a Nigerian and a childhood friend of Nigerian federation president Amaju Pinnick, who claimed in September that Abraham had decided to play for the West African country.

    But Abraham who denied the claim appeared not to nurse a second has he gets set for his England debut in the November 10 and 14 friendlies against Germany and Brazil.

    “I see myself as being a long-term England player,” Abraham, 20, told reporters at England’s St George’s Park training base in Burton-on-Trent, central England on Monday.

    “That is where my main focus is and I am 100 percent focused here to try and get into that team.

    “I was pretty set on England really and playing in the Premier League meant it would be nice to play in the England team as well.”

    Abraham is on loan at Swansea City from Chelsea and has scored five goals in his first 14 appearances for the Welsh club.

    Asked about Nigeria’s interest, he said: “It was flattering, but for me my main focus was here. It was nice to know that I was doing something right and going in the right direction.”

    England play world champions Germany at Wembley on Friday and tackle Brazil at the same venue on November 14 as they launch their preparations for next year’s World Cup in Russia.