Olivier Giroud wasted little time showing Arsenal what they were missing.
Just 17 months after the Gunners accepted a bid from Chelsea, it was Giroud who opened the scoring in the 2019 Europa League final, almost 3,000 miles from home in Baku.
23 minutes later, he would put the finishing touches on a crushing 4-1 win for Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea, setting up Eden Hazard for the game’s fifth and final goal. The curse of the ex, and all that.
The Blues should know, then, that selling a striker to your local rivals carries a high degree of risk – especially when you’re talking about someone as hungry as Tammy Abraham, a man with a point to prove and plenty of time on his side.
According to The Telegraph, Chelsea will consider bids in the region of £40 million for the England international.
Would Chelsea really sell Tammy Abraham to Arsenal?
Arsenal are interested too and the desire to raise funds for Erling Haaland means Chelsea may be willing to overlook the potential pitfalls of selling one of the Premier League’s most promising young strikers to their neighbours from just down the road.
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It’s fair to say Chelsea have had the better of recent dealings between the two clubs. While Giroud lifted trophy after trophy at Stamford Bridge, David Luiz and Willian have regularly failed to justify their massive wages at Arsenal.
But would Abraham change that trend?
Here’s what some Chelsea fans on Twitter had to say about the Abraham to Arsenal rumours:
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