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Swansea striker Tammy Abraham ends Nigeria talk

Swansea City striker Tammy Abraham has ended talk of pledging his international future to Nigeria.

The Chelsea-owned forward insists he sees himself as a long-term England player.

He snubbed a place at Russia 2018 with the nation of his parents' birth, having played extensively for England at junior level.

Abraham said: "I see myself as being a long-term England player. That is where my main focus is and I am 100 percent focused on trying to get into that team.

"I was pretty set on England really. It was flattering (that Nigeria wanted me) — it was nice to know that I was doing something right — but my main focus was England."

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