https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/01/22/ac-milan-loan-move-for-tomori
AC Milan loan move for Tomori
22 Jan 2021
Fikayo Tomori will spend the rest of this season on loan with Serie A
leaders AC Milan.
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The Academy graduate will continue his development at the San Siro having
been with Chelsea since Under-8s level. He has made 27 appearances for the
Blues so far, including four this season, most recently as a substitute in
the FA Cup third round win over Morecambe earlier this month.
The Canadian-born defender, who made his international debut for England
in November 2019, has previously spent time on loan with Brighton, Hull
and Derby in the Championship before becoming a member of the senior squad
at Stamford Bridge last season.
Tomori enjoyed great success with Chelsea at youth level, winning the FA
Youth Cup and UEFA Youth League, as well as being named our Academy Player
of the Year in 2016.
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He had been given his introduction to senior football by Guus Hiddink at
the end of that 2015/16 season, in a 1-1 home draw with newly-crowned
champions Leicester City, before heading out on a trio of loan spells.
They started with helping Brighton earn promotion to the Premier League,
and concluded with being named Derby's Play of the Year after reaching the
Championship play-offs under Frank Lampard's management.
With Lampard becoming Chelsea head coach in the summer of 2019, Tomori
returned to the Bridge as part of the men's first team squad for last
season, coming off the bench in the UEFA Super Cup before making his full
debut in a 2-2 Premier League draw with Sheffield United.
That was the first of 10 consecutive league starts for the young
centre-back, which included his stunning maiden goal for the Blues in a
5-2 victory away at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The strike was later voted as
our Goal of the Season by supporters, while the potential he showed in
those performances was rewarded with a new five-year contract in December
2019.
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Fikayo Tomori presented with Goal of the Season award for 2019/20
His opportunities have become more limited this season, and he will now
spend the remainder of the current campaign on loan in Italy with the side
who are currently top of Serie A under the management of Stefano Pioli.
They also have a Europa League round of 32 tie against Red Star Belgrade
to look forward to next month.