Tammy Abraham knows it's now or never for Chelsea's young players to cement their futures at the club.

The Blues' serial loaning of their young players looks set to end this summer as they will be unable to sign any players until 2020.

Abraham is returning from a loan spell with Aston Vill and acknowledges he must take his chance to impress at Stamford Bridge.

"This year is the most important year for us, it is now or never. There will never be a better time to play the youngsters," he said.

"Of course the transfer ban is probably not what the club wanted, but I am excited and I am sure the rest of the players are.

"There is a great chance for us so we must get our heads down at training and go for it at Chelsea.

"I have already been talking to the club about pre-season. I'm going to have a couple of weeks and then come back hitting the ground running."