Bristol City boss: "I've just given Tammy Abraham 11 days off."
Bristol City boss Lee Johnson has given prolific goal scorer Tammy Abraham 11 days off in the hopes it won't burn the striker out.
"He hasn't had more than four days off at any point in the last three years," Johnson told BBC Radio Bristol.
"Rightly or wrongly I've just given him 11 days off because this is a kid that's had 80 games on the spin. People like Tammy Abraham have had, I think, 80 games on the spin with no rest and it's unbelievable.
"He's gone from playing Chelsea youth football all the way to the end of the season, straight into an international tournament, straight into pre-season. He loves football, and even yesterday I rang him and he was in the garden playing one-on-one with his brother - I was like, 'get in, you're supposed to be resting'.
"We can't put too much pressure on him because he's an 18 year old boy, but such is his character and his personality that I believe he will continue to score goals."
Tammy has started life in the Championship in the best possible way. 5 goals in 7 games for the 18-year old on loan from Chelsea.
