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title: "Chelsea told they lack class by Warnock after failed Abraham move"
canonical: "https://readchelsea.com/2018/09/13/chelsea-told-they-lack-class-by-warnock-after-failed-abraham-move/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ryan Darby"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2018-09-13T11:24:37Z"
modified: "2018-09-13T11:24:37Z"
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# Chelsea told they lack class by Warnock after failed Abraham move

Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has slammed Chelsea for ‘lacking class’ after his side failed in a move to sign Tammy Abraham.

[Speaking to the London Evening Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-accused-of-lacking-class-by-neil-warnock-after-cardiff-city-missed-out-on-tammy-abraham-deal-a3934341.html?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1536818132), the Cardiff boss revealed conversations with Chelsea over a deal to sign the striker on loan but admits he had no idea the club were going to send him to Aston Villa instead.

> I was really disappointed they didn’t even come back to me. I thought I at least deserved a phone call saying ‘sorry Neil, he’s not joining’. It might have been because our deadline was three weeks before the Championship’s.
>
> Perhaps they weren’t sure at the time and then he ends up leaving at the end of the month, when only a move to a Championship club is possible. But even then, a phone call would have been better and shown a bit of class.

![Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1026619870.jpg)

Abraham was coming off the back of a mixed loan spell at Swansea City and Cardiff offering the player another season in the top flight.

However, the Blues opted to send the player to promotion-chasing Aston Villa, who it could be argued, will be playing more attacking football this season, which the club will hope brings the best out of Abraham.

The striker was a target for a wealth of clubs over the summer and Tottenham even [reportedly had a last-minute bid](https://readchelsea.com/2018/08/23/spurs-failed-with-deadline-day-bid-for-abraham/) to sign Abraham rejected.