Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori has made his loan move to AC Milan permanent agreeing on a four-year deal with the Serie A runners-up on Thursday.
Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori has made his loan move to AC Milan permanent agreeing on a four-year deal with the Serie A runners-up on Thursday.
The 23-year-old English player arrived last January on loan with the club exercising their option to buy for a reported 28 million euro ($33.4 million).
“AC Milan is delighted to announce the exercising of the option for the permanent transfer of Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola Tomori from Chelsea,” the club said in a statement.
“The English defender, who made 22 appearances and scored one goal over the last season, will continue to play with the club until 30 June 2025.”
Canada-born defender Tomori joined Chelsea in 2016, but fell out of favour with previous coach Frank Lampard, making just four appearances last season, with only one in the Premier League, before deciding to move to Italy.
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Milan finished second in Serie A last season to return to Champions League football for the first time since the 2013-2014 season.
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Chelsea players Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham are currently enjoying their holidays in Lagos Nigeria as guests of superstar singer Davido.
Anaedoonline.ng reports that while Abraham won the Champions League with Chelsea, Tomori helped AC Milan back into the Champions League on loan for the Blues.
A photograph of the Chelsea duo clubbing with Davido in the Nigerian commercial capital was published on Twitter handle @chels_UK.
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Tomori, 23, is a player who can claim three nationalities.
He was born by Nigerian parents in Calgary Canada, but was raised in England since he was a toddler.
Tammy Abraham, a striker, was also born by Nigerian parents in Camberwell London on 2 October, 1997.
His full name is a long one: Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham, shortened to Tammy Abraham.
The duo however refused to play for the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
We can also confirm that another Chelsea star Callum Hudson-Odoi, is also in Accra, Ghana.
Hudson-Odoi has been seen playing football with pop singer King Promise.
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The Chelsea player who was wanted by German champions, Bayern Munich, was photographed with Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo.
Akufo-Addo has urged the Minister of Youth and Sports to explore the possibility of Callum Hudson-Odoi switching his British nationality to play for the Ghana Black Stars
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