Former England striker John Fashanu has sent message to Chelsea number nine Tammy Abraham about representing Super Eagles at the international level rather than England.

The 21-year-old London-born who has a Nigerian father has been the source of an international tug of war between the two traditional footballing nations with many believing that the rising star prefers to play for Gareth Southgate’s side.Fashanu was courted by the Super Eagles during his career, however, he chose to play for England and made only two appearances, both in 1989 but ex-Premier League striker who scored139 goals his playing career has warned Chelsea star Abraham not to make the same mistakes he made over two decades ago.“When I got to Nigeria myself and I came three times, I realized that Nigeria football and English football are completely different,” Fashanu told Television Continental (TVC) via Brilla.”Nigerian football was taken from the Brazilians but football in England is rough, bullish and aggressive, completely different. That was many years ago.”I realized that I could not play the Nigerian football. I was happy that as a black Nigerian, I would be able to break into the English national team.

“Possibly one of the best and biggest country in the world certainly then it was wonderful. To play with Paul Gascoigne, Peter Shilton, they were legends.Tammy Abraham has scored seven goals in the Premier League this season, the latest of which was a delicious hat trick at the Molineux in Chelsea’s 5-2 spanking of Wolves.Fashanu is of the opinion that the young Nigerian lad can do that for many years in the colours of the Super Eagles as against a couple of matches for the Three Lions.”So I say to Tammy, think very well. When I went to play for England I could have played 100 games for the Super Eagles,” Fashanu added.”But I got to play only two games for England (in 1989). Understand that if you are going to play for England, you are going to play four or five matches only because the competition is stiff,” Fashanu concluded.Abraham has netted seven times for Chelsea in the six-week-old 2019-2020 campaign, making him one of the top strikers n the Premier League.