{"id":1105089,"date":"2019-09-05T17:48:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T16:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1105089"},"modified":"2019-09-05T17:48:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T16:48:58","slug":"tammy-abraham-rising-above-chelsea-mercenary-striker-policy","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/tammy-abraham-rising-above-chelsea-mercenary-striker-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tammy Abraham hailed for rising above Chelsea’s “mercenary” striker policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood has lauded\u00a0Tammy Abraham for rising above\u00a0Chelsea’s “mercenary” striker policy and breaking into the first team at Stamford Bridge.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having spent three productive loan spells away from Chelsea at Bristol City, Swansea City and Aston Villa respectively,\u00a0Abraham is now making considerable noise in the Blues starting XI.<\/p>\n

What is Chelsea’s “mercenary” striker policy? Five things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Chelsea have struggled to find a consistent No 9 since\u00a0Diego Costa left the club in January 2018.<\/li>\n
  • Since then they have brought in\u00a0Olivier Giroud and\u00a0Gonzalo Higuain, while Alvaro Morata was already at the club.<\/li>\n
  • Despite\u00a0Morata’s early form and\u00a0Giroud’s Europa League exploits, all three struggled in the Premier League.<\/li>\n
  • Morata has since joined Costa at Atletico Madrid, while\u00a0Higuain has returned to Juventus.<\/li>\n
  • Giroud remains at the club, but continues to play a peripheral role as Lampard has seemingly entrusted\u00a0Abraham with the starting berth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n