‘He’s not stupid’ – Petit claims striker would ‘fit perfectly’ at Arsenal

Emmanuel Petit believes former Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham would “fit perfectly” at Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal.

The forward left Chelsea last summer as Jose Mourinho’s Roma splashed out around £34m to sign him.

Abraham has hit the ground running in Italy. He has grabbed 23 goals and four assists from his 41 appearances this term.

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Abraham has been linked with the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United in recent weeks.

Petit has praised Abraham as he has been “brilliant” for Roma this season:

“Abraham reminds me of Emmanuel Adebayor, his physical presence in the penalty area,” Petit said (quotes via The Mirror).

“Abraham’s reaction when he arrived at Roma has been brilliant because he’s scored 15 [league] goals and has so many assists, so he’s enjoying his football there. He went to Italy with the feeling of revenge for what happened at Chelsea.

“He’s not stupid, he will see what’s going on with the strikers at Chelsea with Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner, they’re struggling. So maybe he’s thinking, ‘it would have been worse for me if I had stayed at Chelsea’. He made the right decision and he’s having a great season with Roma.

“I’m pretty sure he wants to come back to England and he would fit perfectly at Arsenal because he’s a different