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Chelsea striker Abraham watching Kane & Aguero for Premier League pointers

Tammy Abraham has watched some of the Premier League's best strikers as he prepares for a season in the Premier League with Chelsea.

The 21-year-old will finally get a chance to lead the line at Stamford Bridge after three loan spells away from the club.

After being told he will be wearing the number 9 jersey, Abraham says he has watched Tottenham's Harry Kane and Manchester City goal-machine Sergio Aguero for tips on being a leading forward.

"That's one thing I learnt. When I was a bit younger if I was to miss a chance my head would be gone for a while," said Abraham. "I've been watching the best strikers in the world – Harry Kane, Aguero – once they miss a chance they just stay focused, keep going again and they get their goal. That's what I had to do and luckily another chance came for me and I took it.

"[Playing a run of games] does help. The more games, the more experiences you go through. For me, obviously it's not going to come easy at Chelsea but I've got a manager who believes in the young lads and believes in giving opportunities to players so for me it's about doing my best and hopefully I'll be knocking on the manager's door.

"For a lot of the young lads this is our opportunity to impress and work hard. I've grown up and played with most of them when I was younger. We've got fantastic footballers here but it's about learning the other side and the manager bringing in how he wants to defend and it's just about learning that aspect as well."

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