Many reports and so-called insiders said that Chelsea’s out-of-favour striker Tammy Abraham is looking for a chance to join Arsenal, the club he and most of his family support, but the call from Emirates never came. Instead, an even more intriguing move materialised – the 23-year-old has just joined Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma!🚨 Tammy Abraham is in Rome to complete his move to Roma.Good luck, @tammyabraham. 💙 pic.twitter.com/OzI91EmbnL— LDN (@LDNFootbalI) August 15, 2021 A fee of $47 million was agreed upon days ago, but there was a shadow over the whole deal. Roma were getting restless, so they sent their general manager Tiago Pinto to London to convince the player to join the revolution at Stadio Olimpico. To ensure the boy doesn’t hang around waiting for a call from Mikel Arteta, Mourinho himself phoned Abraham to convince him that choosing to play in Serie A is the right move for his stalled career. And who could say no to The Special One?Sunday, 28 August: (1.82) Roma (3.60) Fiorentina (4.40)The Romans will pay the fee in instalments over the length of Abraham’s contract. He is being paid a salary of $7 million-a-year net — which is considerably more than the $97,000-a-week he was paid at Chelsea.Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel didn’t see Abraham as part of his first-team plans. Abraham, who finished the season joint top scorer on 12 goals, played just 230 minutes after Tuchel took over as manager in January. He wasn’t left with much choice but to find a club where he’d get regular football.Sources have told The Athletic that Chelsea have still inserted a buy-back option as part of the deal. But it can only be triggered after two seasons and is worth a sizeable $94 million. So, in case the Blues change their mind as they’ve done with Romelu Lukaku, Nemanja Matic or David Luiz – they will have to pay a hefty fee to re-sign their man.##EDITORS_CHOICE##With Roma’s captain and talismanic goalscorer Edin Dzeko replacing Romelu Lukaku at Inter, Mourinho needed another striker to complement summer signing Eldor Shomurodov and Borja Mayoral. Although Leicester’s Kelechi Iheanacho was on Roma’s shortlist, Abraham was always the first pick on the yellow-red draft. Jose’s got his man!
