Tammy Abraham explains Jose Mourinho's direct way of signing him - 'I was on the PlayStation'

Roma paid Chelsea astir £34m to motion Tammy Abraham and helium went connected to present successful his archetypal play by netting 27 times successful 53 games successful each competitions nether Jose Mourinho

Tammy Abraham has revealed a hilarious telephone telephone from Jose Mourinho convinced him to permission Chelsea for Roma - aft the "special one" urged him to permission "rainy England" for "sunny Rome".

Abraham was frozen retired astatine Chelsea by then-manager Thomas Tuchel successful 2021 earlier being offered a lifeline by Roma manager Mourinho - who concisely worked with him astatine Stamford Bridge successful the 2015-16 season.

Roma paid astir £34m to motion Abraham and helium went connected to present successful his archetypal play by netting 27 times successful 53 games successful each competitions nether Mourinho.

Abraham spoke of however Mourinho swayed him to pitchy disconnected to the Italian superior with a elemental telephone telephone that interrupted his gaming league connected his PlayStation.

Speaking to BBC Sport, helium said: "I was connected the PlayStation with my friends. I received a call, I picked up and I said hello. 'And helium said, 'hello Tammy it's Jose. Do you privation to enactment successful rainy England oregon travel to sunny Rome?'. And I retrieve conscionable moving upstairs and telling my parents and we thought Rome was the spot to go."

Abraham couldn't rather support up his signifier successful his 2nd play arsenic helium lone scored 9 times successful full and was past sidelined for overmuch of the 2023-24 play done injury. Mourinho was sacked that aforesaid twelvemonth and Abraham past mislaid his spot successful the squad earlier joining AC Milan connected indebtedness this term.

However, helium inactive has fond memories of his clip moving nether the erstwhile Chelsea and Manchester United boss, admitting helium was 1 of the champion managers helium had ever worked under.

"Jose was 1 of the champion coaches I person had," helium added. "He was a manager, helium ever believed successful what helium believed successful and arsenic a subordinate you consciousness the vigor and you benignant of bargain into that. I don't regret 1 thing, I've loved it and it's been amazing."

Abraham, who came done Chelsea's younker strategy astatine under-eight level, is attempting to rediscover his aboriginal signifier astatine Roma with Milan but has lone scored doubly successful 11 games.

But that hasn't stopped Abraham enjoying his clip successful the city. He said: "Milan has been amazing. My full beingness I grew up successful London, truthful it was a privilege to determination to Rome, and present Milan.

"I privation to look backmost connected my vocation and beryllium similar I truly lived successful places similar Rome and Milan and beryllium capable to accidental that I've embraced the culture."

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