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Well, that was expected.
Chelsea youngster Fikayo Tomori had been strongly rumoured to leave Chelsea for AC Milan for a few days now, and it looks like the move is going ahead.
According to the latest reports, Tomori will be joining AC Milan next week in true calciomercato fashion, on a loan with an option to buy. The deal is expected to be finalized by Tuesday. The timeline matches earlier reports.
Fikayo Tomori will join AC Milan on loan with buy option [€30m] until next June. Agreement expected to be signed on Tuesday, then the player will fly to Milano - medicals pending. Chelsea are ready to accept. #ACMilan #CFC
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 17, 2021
Here we go confirmed. https://t.co/jFZsrccP6p
It’s certainly an ambitious move for young Tomori, joining the Italian Serie A leaders where he will have to contend with established defensive pairing Alessio Romagnoli and Simon Kjær, but it’s perhaps a sign of how highly he’s rated by both sides that Chelsea were able to agree a €30m buy-option with the Rossoneri.
It might be hard to see AC Milan cough up that amount, but that is not exactly a bad thing especially if we still believe that Tomori has a future at Stamford Bridge.
This way, Tomori (hopefully) gets some high quality minutes under his belt, and if he does well, he could certainly find his way back into the Chelsea defence where only Kurt Zouma’s long-term future seems at all assured.
Here we go!
As per @FabrizioRomano, Milan will have a €30m option to buy Fikayo Tomori as part of the loan agreement for the rest of the season with Chelsea #CFC
— Liam Twomey (@liam_twomey) January 17, 2021