Chelsea ‘agree’ to sell Fikayo Tomori to AC Milan in £25m transfer after England star’s impressive loan spell

CHELSEA have agreed to sell Fikayo Tomori to AC Milan for £25million, according to reports.

The young defender spent the second half of the season at San Siro, making 22 appearances for Stefano Pioli’s side.

Happy with his performances, Milan chiefs have been working on making the deal permanent.

They were keen to negotiate a discount, however, on the £25m option to buy agreed in January’s loan transfer.

But according to Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea haven’t budged, with Milan set to pay the amount in full to acquire Tomori’s services on a full-time basis.

The one-cap England international, 23, will pen a five-year contract.

He will also have the opportunity to play in the Champions League next term, after Milan secured a third place finish during a dramatic Serie A climax.

After making his Chelsea debut on the final day of the 2015-16 season, Tomori embarked on a number of loan spells before returning to the first-team fold.

Underwhelming stints at Brighton and Hull did little to raise Tomori’s stock.

But a season under Frank Lampard at Derby County did the trick.

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He found himself a first-team option at Stamford Bridge during the 2019-20 season, although his game time evaporated.

Tomori made 27 appearances for the Blues in total, with only four coming during the first half of the 2020-21 campaign.

He was then shipped off to Milan in January, where he excelled alongside Simon Kjaer and Alessio Romagnoli.

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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk