Swansea beat Newcastle and Brighton to snap-up Chelsea’s England Under-21 star Tammy Abraham on loan
Highly rated youngster to move to South Wales on a one-year deal
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SWANSEA CITY have beaten Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion to sign Tammy Abraham on loan.
The Chelsea striker has been tracked by a number of clubs after a stunning season at Bristol City, where he scored 26 goals.
The deal is expected to be officially completed on Wednesday.
The 6ft 4in 19-year-old is currently on international duty with England U21 at the Euros.
Abraham is rated highly by the Blues, where he has played since joining the Academy aged just seven.
He has been a big part of Chelsea's success at youth level in recent years, helping the reserves win two FA Youth Cups and two Uefa Youth Leagues.
He made two Premier League appearances in 2015-16, before his breakout campaign with the Robins last term.
Abraham started quickly and was the Championship fans' player of the month in both August and September.
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He ended the season with 23 Championship goals and was named the Robins' Young Player of the Year and Player of the Year.
Lee Johnson's team managed to avoid relegation thanks to Abraham's goals.
Abraham has been capped at U18, U19 and U21 level for England - although he remains eligible to play for Nigeria through his father.
Swansea have several of their top stars being looked at by other clubs.
Gylfi Sigurdsson, Alfie Mawson and Fernando Llorente are all wanted men - but chairman Huw Jenkins says he is determined to keep a hold of his best players.
Jenkins told BBC Sport: "Keeping your top players is always a difficult one.
"We want to keep our best players and to that end Gylfi Sigurdsson and Fernando Llorente had good seasons with us last year.
"Naturally that causes interest and there is plenty of media coverage, but our aim is to keep our best players and try to add to that.
"We will do our best to add to the team, not take away from it."