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title: "Aston Villa are unlikely to go back in for Tammy Abraham"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
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published: "2020-12-23T09:00:00Z"
modified: "2020-12-23T09:00:00Z"
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# Aston Villa are unlikely to go back in for Tammy Abraham

Aston Villa are on the hunt for a striker in January as Keinan Davis has been [short of form and playing time](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/keinan-davis/leistungsdaten/spieler/412660) while Wesley Moraes is still on the recovery trail from a lengthy knee injury, but [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/2265513/2020/12/22/aston-villa-sensible-transfers/)‘s Gregg Evans has ruled out any chances of going back in for [Tammy Abraham](https://readastonvilla.com/2019/12/02/chelseas-tammy-abraham-to-be-assessed-ahead-of-villa-clash/).

The 23-year-old Chelsea striker, who Rio Ferdinand has [called](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1185776/Chelsea-Tammy-Abraham-Rio-Ferdinand-Didier-Drogba) ‘Drogba-esque’, scored 26 goals and provided three assists in [40 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tammy-abraham/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/331726) on loan at Aston Villa in 2018/19, but he is a regular at Stamford Bridge now.

Abraham has scored seven goals (five in the Premier League) and supplied six assists in 20 games this season, playing in all but two of Chelsea’s matches in all competitions ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tammy-abraham/leistungsdaten/spieler/331726)), so they seem unlikely to sell him.

Not only do the Blues want to keep Abraham, Evans claimed that his value has skyrocketed since his return to the club from Villa Park, therefore making him unattainable for the Midlands outfit.

### READ ASTON VILLA VERDICT

Dean Smith will be happy with Ollie Watkins’ debut season at Villa Park – eight goals and one assist in [15 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ollie-watkins/leistungsdaten/spieler/324358) so far – but there [isn’t anyone prolific who can replace him](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/leistungsdaten/verein/405/reldata/%262020/plus/1) in case of injury.

Davis has only amassed [38 minutes](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/keinan-davis/leistungsdaten/spieler/412660) of Premier League football this season while Wesley [hasn’t featured since January](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wesley/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/381362/verein/405), so Villa don’t have much centre-forward backup.

Even if Abraham is out of reach, Smith may need to address that position somehow in next month’s transfer window.

***In other news, Gregg Evans has outlined Aston Villa’s latest transfer stance on [one Bundesliga target](https://readastonvilla.com/2020/12/23/gregg-evans-milot-rashica-villa-transfer-latest/).***