Chelsea are reportedly considering playing Tammy Abraham against Leicester despite an injury concern – and some of the club’s supporters on Twitter are fuming with the speculation.
The Telegraph reports that the Blues may ask the 22-year-old to play on Saturday against Leicester despite the chance that he may not have fully recovered from an ankle problem.
It is understood that Frank Lampard’s team may ask him to play through a pain barrier if a new striker isn’t signed before Friday’s January transfer deadline day.
Fourth-placed Chelsea travel to third-placed Leicester on Saturday afternoon for an important league fixture and there is a two-week break afterwards.
Abraham sustained an ankle issue in the draw against Arsenal in the last league match and it meant he sat out of the squad for the FA Cup victory over Hull City.
Michy Batshuayi is the understudy to step into the striker role, while Olivier Giroud is completely out of favour.
A selection of Chelsea supporters on social media believe it would be a dreadful decision to play Abraham unless he’s 100 per cent fit.
The England international has been pivotal this season with 15 goals from 31 games across all competitions, but won’t want to make an injury worse.
Here are some Chelsea fans on Abraham:
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