“But Tammy is a player who can play at the very highest level.
”Tammy should always be thinking that this is a chance for him. He’s not silly.”
Lampard revealed that at the start of the season he gave Abraham the Chelsea number 9 shirt, which has proved a curse for players of the calibre of Fernando Torres, Radamel Falcao and Gonzalo Higuain – confident that the 22-year-old could cope.
He said: “People were saying ‘be careful, that shirt has not always had the best feeling for players here.’
source: express.co.uk