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Tammy Abraham insists that she wants nothing more than to complete this season.
It has been his great campaign at Chelsea, including his first goal for England, his first goal in the Champions League, his first triplet in the Premier League and a memorable late winner at Arsenal.
“That was my biggest highlight because the rest of my family are Arsenal fans,” smiles Abraham. “Scoring against Arsenal is a dream come true for me.”
He would love to go back and finish what he started, with Chelsea’s young team well prepared for the top four, yet a note of caution sounds. Like many Premier League footballers, he wants to make sure it’s safe to play again. She lives with her parents, her brother and sister, and is concerned about the possible implications for her father Anthony, who is asthmatic.
“Everyone can see what is happening in the world,” says Abraham. ‘Everyone wants to go back to soccer. I like football. It was my first full season at Chelsea, I was having a great season and I would love for it to continue.
‘The most important thing for me is that everyone is safe and well, and that things start to open up. So of course football can always come back. If it’s safe to do it, let’s do it, but if it’s not, we’ll wait.
‘My father has asthma, so if I had to go back to the Premier League and, God forbid, I contracted this disease and I bring it home is the worst possible.
“The last thing I need to do is get the virus myself or be in contact with anyone with the virus.”
Abraham would consider moving out of the family home in Surrey and isolating himself in a hotel. “It’s difficult,” says the 22-year-old forward. ‘It’s something we’ve all been thinking about for the past six or seven weeks.
‘If the Premier League returns, I don’t know what I would do, but the hotel could be an option; to isolate myself from my family.
‘I have my father’s full support to return. He just wants me back. He is one of my biggest fans. “
High-level German soccer will return tomorrow as the Premier League continues with plans to restart without fans next month.
“Germany has planned it well,” says Abraham. Corona The coronavirus has not been as large as in England. I feel like they are on the right track. As players, we must be patient and wait for the clubs, the Premier League and the Government to make a decision on whether it is safe for us to do so. We will address it from there.
‘If they bring back the Premier League, then it is clearly safe enough to do so. If they don’t, then it clearly isn’t. “
Abraham calculates that nine weeks must have passed since he was at training camp. Chelsea was one of the first to close because Callum Hudson-Odoi was one of the first players in England to test positive for coronavirus.
Manager Frank Lampard texted this week to verify Abraham and his family. “It was nice to have that head man checkup,” he says.
There have also been live fitness sessions at Zoom, conversations on social media groups, and regular contact with his friend and teammate Fikayo Tomori. “I am talking to Fikayo every day,” says Abraham. ‘What is going to happen? Will it cancel or come back and continue where we left off? No one has a clue. ‘
It is not lost on the group that the footballers were criticized by politicians for not accepting pay cuts or deferrals and were then urged to return to action and give the nation a moral boost. “Someone mentioned that,” says Abraham. ‘We had a conversation in a live session about a week ago; about everyone’s opinions about going back to football. There were many people in favor and many people against. It will always be that way.
‘We are humans. We also have feelings. I’m watching Sky News, waiting for Boris (Johnson) to make an announcement. We follow what is happening in the world and try to see if it is safe or not to return to football.
‘If we can help, we will, financially or otherwise, to help people, motivate them and bring life back to the country. That’s a hard question. I just want to be safe and healthy. “
Covid-19’s alarming death rate among black and minority ethnic groups (BAME) should also sound alarms within the soccer community. About a third of the Premier League players are in that group.
“It strikes me,” says Abraham. “But in general, all the risk to our health when we go out into the field is very important.”
Abraham recovered from the ankle injury that was bothering him before the season was suspended.
He has purchased a Teqball table, such as a ping pong table for soccer, and has been in competition with his brother, Timmy, who has been playing for the Bristol Rovers on loan from Fulham.
“There is a lot of competition,” says Tammy. ‘We spend time together in the gym and play soccer together in the garden. We are working on our technique and first touch. He is 19 years old and works much harder than I do at his age. But it has a long way to go. It doesn’t hit me on the teq table. It doesn’t even come close.
‘I have kept myself in good shape. I am a young boy and I don’t feel like I ever lose my fitness. If there was a game tomorrow, I would say I’m ready, but I know that a 90 minute game is different from cycling and doing 20 minutes or 30 minutes outside running. The tempo is different. You need some sessions. “
Like many other sports fans, Abraham has been inspired by The Last Dance, a documentary on Netflix that tells the story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls team from the 1990s.
He’s paused on a large TV on the wall as he conducts this interview via Zoom and reflects on his own difficulties earlier this season, when he missed a penalty kick in Liverpool, before the goals started to flow.
“It is incredible,” says Abraham. ‘Seeing this motivates me and there is one thing that caught my attention. Michael Jordan lost a game and made things up in his head about what someone said to him. That person didn’t actually say it, but used it to move on to the next game and make it the best one.
‘The incident happened against Liverpool, where I missed a penalty kick and got a lot of abuse and to me it’s like Michael Jordan, it’s about going out there and proving them wrong. It’s about being in this club, being the main man, being the striker.
‘My dad spoke to me at breakfast and said,” I know you’ve seen Michael Jordan and are motivated to go back to soccer. When you’re ready, go out there and do your best. “
‘I miss soccer, I just miss the goals, seeing the fans and being with my teammates, with a smile on my face. If it’s safe to do it, I want to finish the job. If not, then move on to the next season. “
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Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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