Jose Mourinho tips Tammy Abraham, Zouma to shine at Chelsea next campaign

- The Portuguese born manager believes the two players will play a key role in Lampard's achievement in his first year in charge of the club

- Lampard's men kick off their Premier League campaign with a trip to Old Trafford and battle Man United

Jose Mourinho has tipped the duo of Tammy Abraham and Kurt Zouma to shine for Chelsea next in the coming league season.

Both players have been impressive for the Blues in their preseason tour so far — after helping the club to win four out of their last five matches.

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SunSport reports that the Portuguese tactician, who was fired by Manchester United last December believes the two players will help new boss Frank Lampard succeed.

It will be recalled that the London club are still serving a two window transfer ban and will not be able to sign any player until next summer.

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Lampard will however make use of the quality he has at his disposal with the team participating in all competition next term.

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Chelsea lost their star man Eden Hazard to Real Madrid, while their Europa League winning coach joined Juventus to begin a new life in Italy after just one year in England.

The Special One told Sky Sports: "I think every manager in the world loves to play kids from the academy.

"I think Chelsea is a very special club in relation to that. I just give an example: Chelsea needs a centre-back – Kurt Zouma! You don’t need to buy, you don’t need to spend. Zouma!

"He’s champion of England, he played for Chelsea, played for Stoke in the Premier League, played for Everton in the Premier League, played for France.

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Mourinho also speaks on Tammy Abraham, who scored 23 goals in 41 appearances for Bristol City in the Championship in the 2016-17 season.

"He’s your player, he’s on loan, where are you going to buy a better player than him? You already have him.

“You want a young striker – Tammy Abraham! He’s yours. He knows the club. He was made at the club, he was educated at the club.

"He was on loan, he played already some matches in the Premier League, he plays in the Championship but at the highest level with the responsibility to play at a big club like Aston Villa. He’s ready.

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"Do you need to buy a young centre forward? No! And Chelsea were criticised many times with the number of players they had on loan, more than 30, 40 players.

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"But now the moment arrived and they have answers like nobody else could have. They have the answers, so I don’t think it’s any problem for them.

"The only problem for them is obvious which is that they lost a phenomenal player. Eden Hazard was a special player for Chelsea and they lost him. Apart from that I don’t see any problem for them.”

The Sun while throwing shades at Mourinho highlighted his struggles for giving academy players into his team while at the club.

In 2015 the Special One said the following are three upcoming talents: "My conscience tells me that if, for example, Lewis Baker, Izzy Brown, and Dominic Solanke are not national team players in a few years, I should blame myself."

Meanwhile, none of them has made their country's national team four years on, and Chelsea fans must hope Lampard has more success on integrating youngsters into the first team.

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TUKO.co.ke earlier reported that Jose Mourinho is on the radar of Spanish League side Valencia ahead of the new season.

The Portuguese born coach has been out of job after Manchester United sacked him last December.

Valencia are not ready to waste time in getting a replacement as the see the Portuguese manager as capable to the club.

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