Newcastle United were spurned in their attempts to land Tammy Abraham from Chelsea – who joined Swansea City instead.
Newcastle United put a lot of effort into convincing Chelsea to trust them with arguably their most exciting young prospect this season.
And the England Under-21 star, who plundered 23 goals at Bristol City in the Championship last season, has started strongly under former Chelsea assistant coach Paul Clement at the Liberty Stadium, scoring in each of his last two games.
Abraham has the chance to make it three in a row as Swansea travel to Newcastle United on Sunday looking to build on their impressive 2-0 win at Crystal Palace last time out, a victory inspired by the Chelsea loanees’ stand-out display.
A goal would certainly rub salt into Newcastle’s wounds at a time where frustration is high at St James’ Park following a disappointing transfer window in which the club failed to secure the vast majority of Rafa Benitez’s primary targets – including Abraham himself.
In contrast, Newcastle go into the game with their striking options under scrutiny. Joselu has started brightly since moving from Stoke City, netting in last week’s 3-0 beating of West Ham but that was only the fifth Premier League goal he has ever scored.
Furthermore, Aleksandar Mitrovic ruined a goalscoring cameo against Slaven Bilic’s strugglers by picking up a four-man ban for elbowing Manuel Lanzini.
Dwight Gayle is expected to return from illness against The Swans but his Premier League record is far from prolific with Newcastle even attempting to sell him in the transfer window, per The Guardian.
A goal for Abraham, then, wouldn’t go down too well with Benitez.
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