Tammy Abraham snubbed by Thomas Tuchel again and axed from Chelsea FA Cup squad

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Thomas Tuchel has left Tammy Abraham out of Chelsea’s squad for their FA Cup semi-final showdown with Manchester City.

The Blues are gearing up for a battle with City at Wembley on Saturday night, with a potential final against Leicester or Southampton in store for the victor.

But there will be no Abraham for Chelsea at the national stadium, as he has failed to make it into Tuchel’s squad for the game.

Despite recovering from injury and earning a place on the bench in recent matches, the England striker has been snubbed by Tuchel for the crunch clash with City.

He has not featured for the Blues since their 1-1 draw away at Southampton on February 20, a game which saw him hooked off at half-time by Tuchel.

Abraham has seemingly fallen out of favour at Stamford Bridge since Frank Lampard’s sacking in January, failing to make it off the bench in recent outings against Crystal Palace and Porto.

It is believed the 23-year-old, who remains Chelsea’s top goalscorer this season with 12 goals in 30 games, is not best pleased with his lack of game time under Tuchel and would be prepared to leave in the summer if the situation doesn’t improve.

Lampard was a big fan of Abraham, bringing him back into the first-team fold last term following his successful loan stint at Aston Villa.

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    • He scored 18 goals in 47 matches in that season, before hitting the ground running in 2020/21 with a return of seven goals in 19 appearances.

    But Tuchel recently warned Abraham that it will not be easy for him to work his way back into the starting line-up, saying: “I don’t think he’s the top scorer since I arrived.

    “So I can only judge what I see and what we have together from the first minute when I arrived.

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    • “I have seen a bright young man in front of me. A guy who is self-confident, who has a lot of talent.

    “But it cannot be that in a period of such good results that suddenly the guys who don’t play are the winners. This cannot be.”

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