Chelsea ready to offload Tammy Abraham for £40m as club plot overhaul of forward options

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Chelsea will listen to offers in the region of £40million for Tammy Abraham this summer as part of a striker reshuffle at the club. And with Olivier Giroud also expected to leave Stamford Bridge when his contract expires at the end of this season, Chelsea are planning to make room in the squad and the wage bill for at least one big-name striker signing. Allowing both Abraham and Giroud to leave will free up around £200,000-a-week on the wage bill for a new striker, while Telegraph Sport understands Chelsea would expect to bank around £40m for Abraham. With AC Milan making it clear that they would like to take up the option to sign defender Fikayo Tomori on a £25m permanent deal that could rise to £30m and Kurt Zouma likely to attract interest, Chelsea could make £100m on three players who are not regularly starting games under head coach Thomas Tuchel. With other fringe players also likely to leave, bringing in more than £100m would significantly boost Chelsea’s bid to sign a big-name striker in the summer which is the top priority of Tuchel and the club. The issue was once again highlighted in the Champions League semi-final first-leg draw against Real Madrid in which Timo Werner, playing as Chelsea’s striker, missed another big chance. Erling Haaland and Romelu Lukaku are top targets of Chelsea while German reports have credited the club with an interest in Robert Lewandowski, who they have held discussions over before. Abraham has not started a game for Chelsea since the draw with Southampton in which he was taken off at half-time. He has played just three minutes as a substitute since then, in last week’s victory over West Ham United, and was not part of the squad for the FA Cup semi-final victory over Manchester City. The 23-year-old will have two years remaining on his contract at the end of the season, but despite him falling out of favour under Tuchel, Chelsea will not let Abraham go cheaply.

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