West Ham United have been linked with a move for Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham this summer.
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The Daily Star claimed Chelsea striker Abraham is one of West Ham’s prime striker targets this summer.
Reliable West Ham insider ExWHUemployee also confirmed England forward Abraham was on David Moyes’s shortlist, along with four other strikers.
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Telegraph football journalist Law added further credibility to the story.
He revealed Abraham’s future was uncertain after being ‘excluded and doubted’ by new Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel.
And his report in the Telegraph also claimed West Ham would be seriously interested in Abraham – who is at a contract impasse with Chelsea with his current deal expiring in 2023.
The prospect of signing Abraham has not been met with universal approval from West Ham fans, though.
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Many doubt whether the 23-year-old is what West Ham need in the search for a new striker.
Some accuse Abraham of a lack of consistency at the top level. Others have highlighted his lack of workrate and physicality – elements of Sebastien Haller’s game which were regularly criticised.
But the revelation of a stunning statistic regarding Abraham could well silence his West Ham doubters.
That’s after analysis showed Abraham has a better record over the last 18 months than some of the best in world football.
Abraham has scored 21 non-penalty goals since the start of last season, one every 150 minutes.
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And that is a better minutes per non-penalty goal record than Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Jamie Vardy, Heung-Min Son, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Anthony Martial, Danny Ings and Alexandre Lacazette.
It is a simply astonishing stat.
And one that not many would have been aware of.
Many West Ham fans doubted Jesse Lingard too.
The perception for some is that these players are not up to it if they can’t get into a top side’s first XI week in, week out.
But like Lingard, Abraham would a massive upgrade on West Ham’s attack make no mistake.
He also fits the profile of player Moyes wants to bring to West Ham.
The Scot has made it clear he is targeting young, talented players hungry to prove themselves.
And he wants to build that around an English and British core.
Whether West Ham can afford him is another question altogether.
We’ll have to wait until the summer to find out.
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