Stan Collymore has written in CaughtOffSide that he does not think that reported Aston Villa target Tammy Abraham will return to Chelsea in the summer transfer window.
The former Liverpool and Villa striker does not think that Abraham, linked with a move to Unai Emery’s side in the summer transfer window, is at the level that Chelsea need.
According to The Athletic, Manchester United are interested in signing the former Chelsea striker in the summer transfer window.
Inews have reported that Aston Villa and Everton are keen on the 25-year-old England international.
Abraham joined AS Roma from Chelsea in the summer of 2021.
The striker was on loan at Villa from the Blues in 2018-19.
Chelsea have first refusal on the striker and could bring him back to Stamford Bridge, according to The Athletic.
As you can read below, Collymore has given his verdict on Abraham and has outlined his attributes.
The 25-year-old has scored six goals and given three assists in 19 Serie A starts for AS Roma so far this season.
In 2021-22, the striker scored 17 goals and provided four assists in 36 league starts for Roma.
Stan Collymore on Aston Villa striker Tammy Abraham
Collymore wrote: “There’s been talk of Tammy Abraham coming back to the Premier League, either with Chelsea or Manchester United. I can’t really see that move back to Chelsea happening,
“I don’t see him as someone good enough to score 20 goals a season in the Premier League. But you look at Erik ten Hag bringing in Wout Weghorst and it’s clear he wants a physical presence as his number 9.
“Still, there’s such a dearth of great number 9s at the moment. There’s obviously Erling Haaland, who’s exceptional, and there’s Harry Kane or Robert Lewandowski who are either at their peak or passing it.
“There just aren’t that many specialist number 9s, and that’s because for the last 15 years we’ve had converted wingers like Mane and Salah who take on that job and who have great scoring numbers, so why’s there a need to develop number 9s? Even someone like Chris Wood, playing for Nottingham Forest yesterday, barely held the ball up as you’d expect a traditional number 9 to do.
“He barely won a flick-on, a centre-forward’s modus operandi. You’d barely know that Forest had signed Chris Wood as a big number 9, because he doesn’t do anything that a number 9 does.
“Abraham falls into that category – he’s big and he’s strong, but his season at Roma probably doesn’t warrant a move to one of the world’s biggest clubs.
“I can see why there’d be interest and he could be someone who’d improve, but when players like Weghorst and Abraham are being actively pursued or sought after by a club like Manchester United, you wonder what’s gone wrong with the centre-forward’s conveyer belt around Europe. Not for me.”
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