Abraham must start from scratch in his latest bid to beat
the injury that has plagued him since the Blues’ 2-0 Premier League win over
Newcastle on February 15.
The 23-year-old has featured just once since first suffering the problem and missed Sunday’s 2-0 FA Cup quarter-final win over Sheffield United.
And now Blues boss Tuchel has told the England forward to
forget about his status in the Chelsea squad until he is fully free of the
nagging issue.
“Of course, he
needs to be fit, that’s correct,” said Tuchel.
“Then to take it step by step, through good training
performances and to fight his way back.
“The way back is maybe for him to be a substitute and to
be hungry and full of quality in training.
Now is not the moment to worry about the first XI, as he
has been out for many games, unfortunately too many games
“These are the next steps, but now is not the moment to
worry about the first XI, as he has been out for many games, unfortunately too
many games.
“It is absolutely not his fault and he is hungry to come
back and he tries all the time.
“He tries all the time, but this is the risk to push the
players back as soon as possible.
“It was an accident in training because we thought he
would be in the squad on Sunday. So nobody’s fault.
“Now is a kind of restart and we hope he can use the next
two weeks to get fit again.”
Abraham has fallen down the pecking order of Chelsea’s
strikers since Tuchel’s arrival in January.
Timo Werner and Olivier Giroud have both featured
centrally, while Kai Havertz has recently operated as a false nine.
With Chelsea repeatedly heavily linked with a summer move
for Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland, Abraham’s position at Stamford Bridge
has come under scrutiny.
But Tuchel is simply determined to help the Blues academy
graduate back to full fitness before considering anything else.
“He quit training on Friday after a five-minute warm-up
so there was more or less no chance he could join the squad,” said Tuchel.
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