Chelsea star Tammy Abraham has revealed that he wants to become a legend Chelsea and is “living the dream” at the club.
Abraham, 21 has now scored seven goals in his last 3 appearances for Chelsea after his hattrick against Wolves last Saturday. He is now joint top scorer along with Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero.
The Chelsea academy product has had loan spells with Bristol City, Swansea, and Aston Villa and while he has been a prolific scorer in the Championship, many people were doubting whether he could cut it out in the Premier League. Abraham is glad he is now silencing his doubters.
The 21-year-old is now targeting a goal in the Champions League as the next box to tick as he bids to follow in the footsteps of Stamford Bridge’s golden generation.
“I have grown up watching big stars playing in the Champions League, and to play in it myself would obviously be a dream,” he said, clutching the match ball from Saturday’s game under his arm.
“Players like the gaffer [Frank Lampard], Didier Drogba and John Terry are great legends. They have been there and done it. I would like to follow the same path.
“I am delighted to be scoring goals for a team I have grown up loving and have always wanted to play for. It is just an amazing feeling and hasn’t kicked in yet.
“Hopefully this is the beginning of a great career at Chelsea. I’m living the dream and I need to keep it running.”
All of Chelsea’s goals in the Premier League this season have come from their Academy products and Abraham feels that it is all down to the trust the manager has on the clubs youngsters.
“It’s great doing it with your mates,” said Abraham. “We have scored 11 goals and they have all been from academy English players. We are all delighted. The manager believes in us. We just have to keep taking our chances.”
Chelsea’s next game is against La Liga side Valencia on Wednesday in the Champions League.
