Striker Tammy Abraham has completed a 40m euro (£34m) move to Italian side Roma from Chelsea.

Abraham, Chelsea's joint top scorer last season, joins the Serie A club - managed by former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho - on a five-year deal.

It is understood the deal for the 23-year-old England international includes a buy-back clause set at £68m.

"You can sense when a club really wants you - and Roma made their interest clear immediately," said Abraham.

"Roma is a club that deserves to be fighting for titles and trophies. I've had the experience of winning major trophies and I want to be in those competitions again - so I want to help this team to achieve that and get to the level where Roma should be.

"It's a massive honour to be the number nine at this club and I just can't wait to get started and to help the team."

Abraham, who has had loan spells at Bristol City, Swansea City and Aston Villa, flew to Italy on Sunday for a medical after Roma struck a deal with European champions Chelsea over the weekend.

The Premier League club re-signed their former striker Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan for £97.5m on Thursday.

Inter Milan replaced Lukaku by signing Roma's former Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko.

Abraham, who has won six England caps, scored 30 goals in 82 appearances for Chelsea, having joined them at the age of seven.

The buy-back clause cannot be triggered until the Chelsea academy graduate has completed two seasons with Roma.

Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia said: "Tammy will always be welcomed back at Stamford Bridge as one of our own.

"We have all enjoyed watching his progress through our academy and into the first-team squad, and are grateful for his contribution to our successes at senior and youth level."

Roma's general manager, Tiago Pinto, said: "Despite still being very young, with a huge amount of potential to keep improving, Tammy has already played more than 200 games in his career and scored over 100 goals - and won a number of major trophies too.

"Choosing to leave the Premier League, and the club he grew up at, demonstrates very clearly just how much he believes in this opportunity to develop his own game and show what he can do at Roma."

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Mourinho apparently rates him highly. Good luck in your endeavors Tammy

Chealsea will be ousted from this season UCL in the round of sixteen. This I have seen

All the best Tammy

We wish you all the very best and Goodluck Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham.
We will be back together in the future just as we did with Lukaku.

Go and shine under the special and the only one José Mourinho .

We the True Blues will always love you.

Hello José......

Watch and see as Mourinho "The special one" transform Tammy to one prolific striker.

Trust me Jose always perform magic with Black players, if na lie ask Drogba.

Lol
Since 2 or 3 days ago we and others created a thread about this.
Congratulations Tammy Tammy!

https://www.nairaland.com/6706334/tammy-abraham-roma-sign-striker

Meanwhile,
Between Abraham, Guehi and Tomori.
That's £82m from three academy products sold this summer.
Balancing our books nicely and enabling purchases like Lukaku. Good business.
Bf.

Goodluck Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham.
We will always love you.
Go and shine.

All the best man

Congratulations..No 9

Chelsea is always his HOME.

Meanwhile, thanks for that goal against Arsenal...among other numerous contribution.

Okay

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Sweet.

longetivity:
Chealsea will be ousted from this season UCL in the round of sixteen. This I have seen

Na Typhoid and High Fever dey do you. You have not seen anything

Chelsea are doing a good business

Toeze:
Mourinho apparently rates him highly. Good luck in your endeavors Tammy

Its about rating sha... But since you have made such comment, let me put your real picture here so that people can see and take note of you as a gay thief

Congratulations to us.

Wish him better seasons ahead. I'm glad Chelsea included a buyback clause in the deal, cos I know Tammy's going to be a beast.

few years later

Chelsea football club complete the signing of Tammy Abraham for £220m with a four year contract...

Abraham broke a record to become Chelsea highest signing...

He's overhyped. Just few goals he scored last two seasons, he started asking for 2 times of his salary. We should've sold him to arsenal sef nigerians fit Don reason him matter mumu player

Uyi168:
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Sweet.

This guy tall o.

"Majority of the youths commenting on nairaland are the reason Nigeria is in this great mess, I have never seen a larger congregation of youthful fools in a single country as Nigeria, nairaland made me to know this...they are so dumb, daft and stupid, furthermore, they go about displaying their stupidity in public with so much pride and without shame". - Village people.

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NazareneMonk:

This guy tall o.

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Better one.

Congrats Tammy, just not so sure playing under Mourinho will be good for his development. Can Abraham adapt with the pressure of playing for Mourinho? Can Mourinho tolerate Abraham more even if he is not performing? Only time will tell