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Villa have completed a last-minute Deadline Day deal for Tammy Abraham,
bringing the Chelsea striker to Villa Park on a season-long loan.
Earlier on Friday,
Sky Sports News reported the deal could allow
Middlesbrough to secure a similar loan deal with Villa striker Albert Adomah
- but there has been no confirmation on that move since the 5pm deadline.
Abraham's switch to Villa comes after Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri admitted
he could not guarantee the forward game-time at Stamford Bridge.
He said: "I am not able to guarantee him a spot at the moment. But if he
wants to remain I am very happy with him. He is very young for a striker.
"He can improve more. It is up to him."
Abraham, 20, has not featured in any of Chelsea's three Premier League
squads this season, playing just 21 minutes of their Community Shield defeat
by Manchester City earlier in August.
The twice-capped England international spent last season on loan at Swansea,
scoring four times in his opening eight games, with his form earning him a
first senior call-up.
However, the forward then went on a 17-game goal drought in the Premier
League, ending that barren run with his fourth and final league goal of the
season against West Brom in April.
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