Leicester aim to inflict more misery on Tammy Abraham when he returns to the scene of the beginning of the end of his Chelsea career.
Abraham was on course for superstardom at Chelsea last term when he led the line under Frank Lampard and played for England. But his dreams of finally establishing himself at Chelsea were blown after Lampard was sacked following a dismal 2-0 loss at Leicester in January 2021. The striker made just five starts afterwards under successor Thomas Tuchel, who even omitted him altogether from the FA Cup final, which Leicester won 1-0.
Abraham, 24, has since done superbly to bounce back from Tuchel’s painful snub with a move to Italy where he has 26 goals after a £34million summer move to Roma. But Leicester defender Timothy Castagne says the Foxes are desperate to keep him quiet again when Abraham returns in the first leg of their Europa Conference League semi-final on Thursday. “Hopefully, it would be good,” admitted Castagne, when asked if he was aiming for a similar outcome to Abraham’s last visit with out of sorts Chelsea.
