Roma agree ?40m Abraham transfer – but Chelsea will have ?80m buy-back clause
Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has agreed to join Roma in a deal worth ?40 million (£34 million).
Abraham, who was an unused substitute in Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, will fly to Italy tomorrow to have his medical around lunchtime.
As reported by The Athletic earlier this week, Roma’s general manager Tiago Pinto flew to London to help convince Abraham to join them. He met with the forward, his father and Abraham’s agent.
Roma’s manager, former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, has also been speaking to the England international on the phone to convince him to come.
It is understood the 23-year-old, who has barely played for Chelsea since Thomas Tuchel took over as manager in January, had been telling Chelsea team-mates that he wanted to join Arsenal. However, no offer was forthcoming.
Roma will pay the fee in installments over the length of Abraham’s contract. He is being paid a salary of ?6 million-a-year net - which is considerably more than the £70,000-a-week he is on at Chelsea.
Sources have told The Athletic that Chelsea have inserted a buy-back option as part of the deal. But it can only be triggered after two seasons and is worth a sizeable ?80 million (£68 million).
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