Tuchel not discussing Abraham’s Blues future
THOMAS Tuchel has refused to address Tammy Abraham’s long-term Chelsea future while the Blues’ season comes to the crunch.
Abraham was omitted from Saturday’s 1-0 FA Cup final defeat by Leicester, and has been on the periphery since Tuchel’s January arrival.
West Ham head a sizeable queue of Premier League suitors eyeing a possible summer move for the England striker, but Tuchel has insisted now is not the time for any distractions.
Chelsea face Leicester again on tonight in a Stamford Bridge battle where the Blues need a win to keep their top-four Premier League bid on track.
And with the Champions League final ahead on May 29, Tuchel is in no mood to let collective eyes wander from the most pressing prizes.
Asked to explain why Abraham missed out on Saturday, Tuchel replied: “Well it’s just the amount of people that I can nominate for a game.
“I decided to start Timo Werner in the number nine role, so we had Kai Havertz and Olivier Giroud on the bench, so we decided not to have three number nines on the bench. This is it, it’s never personal.