Abraham defends Rudiger amid rumored involvement in Lampard's sacking

striker,

, refused to let his teammate,

, be accused of causing tension in the club during Frank Lampard’s reign calling the accusations a

"complete nonsense"

. Lampard, who was sacked after 18 months as the Blues manager, was replaced by former Paris Saint-Germain boss, Thomas Tuchel, following the team’s consecutive failures.

During his time as Chelsea’s coach,

Lampard

signed several great players as he limited the game time of some of the regular footballers including Rudiger, which led to accusing the Germany international of being involved in Lampard’s sacking.

Abraham, who was not pleased with the rumors, wrote on

Twitter

:

"Hearing some mad stuff about Antonio Rudiger on social media today. Complete nonsense. Toni is a big bro to all of us."

Former Chelsea star,

Didier Drogba

, praised Abraham for his tweet, as he wrote:

"Well said Son, THIS IS THE WAYYY!!! Stick together, get results and the fans will forgive you everything."

"Critics hurt but when you are together it makes you stronger and better."

The first game for Tuchel as the Blues coach will be against

after the team won their recent fourth round

FA Cup

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