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Fikayo Tomori

I think he will do a good job in the outside centreback positions. He is technically sound. Has pace for days and is deceptively strong. hopefully Milan dont make the champions league and hence cant afford him or we could be looking at another KDB or Salah situation. I remember we had the same deal for Salah to Fiorentina, he balled out and Fiorentina paid the sell on clause. Fiorentina then sold Salah to Roma who sold him to the Scousers and the rest is history. 

I will never understand why Frank froze him out like that.  

 
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Gol15 said:
Reports say AC Milan really want to buy him.
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He really wanted to be a Chelsea player as well and rejected a loan deal in the summer but Lamps froze him out anyway.

Hopefully he will come back for another go under a new coach, after all Chelsea is still his best option and Silva won't last forever.

 
Not sure if he is good enough on the ball for Tuchel. He doesnt have to leave though, If Tuchel contacted him and told him he wanted him to stay and was apart of his plans for next season Tomori could reject Milan and stay with us.

 
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Not sure if he is good enough on the ball for Tuchel. He doesnt have to leave though, If Tuchel contacted him and told him he wanted him to stay and was apart of his plans for next season Tomori could reject Milan and stay with us.
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His ball playing abilities is fine. He is not as good on the ball as Christensen but he is better than Zouma on the ball and would do quite well here in a 3 man defence and is extremely fast too.

 
I can easily see Tomori getting a chance under Tuchel, he's done wonders for Rudiger. We also have Sarr coming back from Porto, so ideally our defence is sorted without having to buy more players.

 
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So depends on what Tuchel does, Silva hasn't got 2 years left in him, maybe one. However, I think Tuchel wants Christensen for his replacement as he is a technically good footballer on the ball. 

So really it depends on who Tuchel sees as those two outside CB's, whether he sticks with Rudiger/Azpi or whether he rotates Zouma in or whether Guehi/Sarr/Tomori can come in and take a spot.

OR does he sign a new CB.

I'd think he keeps his defence as is... Striker may be our key position and he will target that. 

Personally i reckon we will see Guehi/Sarr loaned in Prem if possible, Tomori back and maybe Zouma leave dependent on what happens. 

 
In an ideal world I see Tuchel going for Marquinhos (or somebody close to that profile). With Silva (and Azpi) it's just not really feasable playing 433. If Silva would leave (and maybe Azpi too) after winning the CL for example I wouldn't be sure if Tuchel will just put Christensen into Thiagos spot and keep playing 3 CBs or rather go for more flexibility. A guy liek Marquinhos could play the Thiago role without any problem but could eventually just as well play a line before as a CDM (which would give us way more options). That'd would rather mean getting a backup for James (maybe Azpi could do it one more year).

But that's incredible hard to comment on from the outside because we have no idea what and how they train - I guess not a lot because there just isn't enough time.

 
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I’m gutted that he’s going to sign for Milan, I think he could have been a big player for us.

 
AC Milan are apparently forking out 106% of their turnover on their current wage bill ... absolute madness. I highly doubt they have the money to sign Tomori.

Our options at centre back already look very decent even without any new "world class" signings : Silva, Christensen, Rudiger, Zouma, Tomori, Guehi, Sarr, Ampadu ... and that's without considering Azpilicueta !

 
Sexyfootball said:
AC Milan are apparently forking out 106% of their turnover on their current wage bill ... absolute madness. I highly doubt they have the money to sign Tomori.

Our options at centre back already look very decent even without any new "world class" signings : Silva, Christensen, Rudiger, Zouma, Tomori, Guehi, Sarr, Ampadu ... and that's without considering Azpilicueta !
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I know nothing of the last three...would you say anyone of them would be able to play as a CDM? Or say, have an exceptional skill at passing/opening play?

 
Ampadu would be able to play CDM too, he's good on the ball and will definitely have gained a lot of experience at Sheffield. Heard he was doing well for them earlier in the season, not heard much since then...

 
Sexyfootball said:
AC Milan are apparently forking out 106% of their turnover on their current wage bill ... absolute madness. I highly doubt they have the money to sign Tomori.

Our options at centre back already look very decent even without any new "world class" signings : Silva, Christensen, Rudiger, Zouma, Tomori, Guehi, Sarr, Ampadu ... and that's without considering Azpilicueta !
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Decent is not enough though. If we want to play a 4 backline we do need a proper CB for that system and our current players haven't been good enough without T.Silva.

 
I'm still not convinced Milan can afford him. 

Financially they're a mess at the moment. They keep speaking publicly about wanting to keep Tomori and I think it's their way of trying to set things in motion of trying to put pressure on Chelsea to agree a new deal with them. 

Chelsea will want to stand firm on the £25m deal though, if Milan won't pay it I think someone else will. 

 
Personally feel Tomori did very well for us when he featured under the previous manager, with plenty of qualities that if coached  and developed well would certainly put him in the mold of a very solid and reliable first team defender for most top 10 teams in the league. 

I wonder what scale of a fall out or disagreement he had with the previous manager that saw him go out of favour. 

If I were Milan, he's the type of player to go into debt for as £25m is not a lot of money for the defender they're going to get out of him. He's still ridiculously low mileage for that position and the effect he's had in the team is really good. 

I think he's gone, except there's another reason apart from football to come back to England. Playing for a Milan giant (though not what they once were) and helping in their rebuild would be very appealing to most. Plus it's a sure thing at the moment, as opposed to coming back to Chelsea unsure of where he stands. 

 
AC Milan qualify for the Champions League... So let's wait and see what happens. 

 
With Milan qualifying for the CL i think there is no doubt that they will sign him. Very successful loan, kinda sucks that we include a buy in clause but i think its the best for both parties that he goes to Milan next season since Rudiger got the LCB on lock and Tomori wants to be a starter.

 
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About to be sold to AC Milan.

That's a terrific deal for Milan you would have to say. Shame it didn't work out here, hope to get the story of what really happened between him and Lampard one day but should be a good career move for Tomori.

 
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About to be sold to AC Milan.

That's a terrific deal for Milan you would have to say. Shame it didn't work out here, hope to get the story of what really happened between him and Lampard one day but should be a good career move for Tomori.
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He took his chance there and did really well. Good on him, and good to see a youth product move to a really good club.

 
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