Abraham to stay at Villa after rejecting Ipswich move
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Tammy Abraham will stay at Aston Villa after rejecting a loan move to Ipswich Town.
The striker has decided to fight for his place at Villa Park after the arrival of Nicolas Jackson for £65m.
Abraham scored three goals in 19 appearances last season after joining from Besiktas for £18.25m in January.
Villa were open to letting him leave but, as BBC Sport reported in July, the 28-year-old is happy at Villa Park despite Ipswich pursuing a loan move last week.
Boss Unai Emery said: "Now we have one striker, Jackson, and we are very happy with him. We have Brian Madjo, but he is injured, and Tammy Abraham's decision is to stay here.
"We opened the door for him but he's decided to stay here with us. I am going to be very demanding with him to add his qualities with us.
"Tammy is coming back to the Premier League. I spoke with him. He needs time but he needs to do it as soon as possible to adapt to the Premier League. He didn't perform like we wanted last year."
Abraham had previously played for Villa on loan from Chelsea, scoring 25 goals to help them return to the Premier League, in 2018-19.
He left Chelsea for Roma in 2021 and also played for AC Milan on loan in 2024-25, before six months at Besiktas in Turkey - scoring 12 goals in 24 appearances - ahead of his return to Villa earlier this year.
