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Fikayo Tomori

I hope we won't regret this because we really need a good quality CB for the future.

 
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We're making a big mistake. He'd be perfect for us next season if Silva doesn't continue.

 
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Balls not really in our court now. We’d have to convince him he’d be playing most weeks for him to reject. 

 
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Good luck to Fikayo. I imagine we'll have a buy back clause somewhere. Go and continue to get the experience at AC Milan and then come back fully formed. 

They'll be playing CL football next season which will only help him get better. 

I think Thiago will do another year and I am pretty comfortable with our options assuming no one departs. 

 
Well at least we can put the 25 m to good use. I liked Tomori and would have given him more first team chances when he was here. But that boat has sailed

 
What an utterly stupid deal with AC Milan, 25m is far too risky. That’s a really good price for a player like Tomori.

It’s official now. He’s gone.

 
I really don't get what Lampard was doing letting him go. It's a shame cause he did such a good job with the rest of the academy lads yet he completely froze Tomori out this season. Considering how awful our defence was he could've at least got a few games. 24m for a defender playing week in week out for the 2nd best team in Italy is a joke, especially given how young he is. It's on the board as as well for giving AC Milan such a cheap buy option. 

He got player of the season over Mason Mount at Derby, that should show how much potential he has, I wouldn't be surprised if this turned out to be another KDB/Salah level error.

 
Nice to get our first bit of transfer business sorted. £25m seems small but for an academy player that has only spent a year and a half in the first team is actually very good. There's nothing to say we can't work out a buy back deal. With Cesar in a back 3 Tomori was our 6th CB so he had to go unfortunately. Wish him the best and hopefully we'll see him in blue again one day.

 
I don't think £25m, plus whatever Milan paid as a loan fee, is a bad bit of business. 

Clubs haven't got the money post Covid to be throwing around the £30m plus fees that were the norm before the pandemic. We've secured income for a player that isn't as good as what we already have and it'll help with whatever planned investment we have this summer for key areas of the team. 

 
Hang on it's not official yet. Word is that Milan are sturggling to pay it all in one go and want to negotiate a way to pay in instalments as they still want Tomori. If we want to keep him we can insist on the contract terms and they would be forced to back out of the deal.

Don't know if Tuchel has had any time to look at him and make a decision, or if he even has any say though. Knowing Marina she is probably trying to get more money but spread over a longer time if we are to sell.

 
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Hang on it's not official yet. Word is that Milan are sturggling to pay it all in one go and want to negotiate a way to pay in instalments as they still want Tomori. If we want to keep him we can insist on the contract terms and they would be forced to back out of the deal.

Don't know if Tuchel has had any time to look at him and make a decision, or if he even has any say though. Knowing Marina she is probably trying to get more money but spread over a longer time if we are to sell.
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That's my take as well ... wouldn't surprise me if the club view Guehi as the long term prospect ahead of Tomori. I think we will do business as long as Milan can actually pay what we want ...

 
Problem will always be we are producing quality players from the youth academy who can be brought into the first team.

Guehi/Colwill/Mbuyamba are coming through and therefore the likes of Tomori will struggle to hold down a spot in terms of longevity coming back as well as our current players and future signings. 

We have the same issue at CF/ST with Abraham/Giroud/Broja etc and CM/CAM with Barkley/RLC and Anjorin/Future signings.

Ake was similar to Tomori but in the longer term view the board/manager decided to take the decision. I reckon Tomori will have a chat with Tuchel and then a decision will be made.

 
As much as we want him to succeed at Chelsea, there are only that many spots in the team. Who do we sell to keep him? I wouldn't trade Rudiger, Christensen or even Zouma right now to get Tomori back. We will get a decent fee for him, hopefully there's a buy back or first option clause attached.

 
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As much as we want him to succeed at Chelsea, there are only that many spots in the team. Who do we sell to keep him? I wouldn't trade Rudiger, Christensen or even Zouma right now to get Tomori back. We will get a decent fee for him, hopefully there's a buy back or first option clause attached.
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I would have Tomori in the squad over Zouma. Zouma too me isn't that great on the ball and looks really shaken at times.

 
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I would have Tomori in the squad over Zouma. Zouma too me isn't that great on the ball and looks really shaken at times.
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Would Tomori want that though? First team at Milan or 4th choice at Chelsea. No brainer to me. What I am surprised by is that Man United aren't dropping in a £30m+ bid to us to test resolve. They could do with Tomori in their team

I'd sell Zouma and bring in Guehi for the squad next year. I'd also look at whether there is a top top CB on the market as a replacement for Silva the year after next. I'd be very happy with a squad of Rudi + AC + Silva/new CB + Guehi. 

 
Sold to Milan for 25m according to sky 

hopefully there’s a buy back clause 

 
Good player there. Will blossom well if he learned the ways of Maldini and Nesta.

Hope we have buyback clauses installed. It would suck if City/Utd/Liverpool bought him in 3 years

 
Yep, officially confirmed:

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/06/17/tomori-to-join-ac-milan-permanently

I'm quite disappointed with this as I rate him very highly. This also leaves us with Silva (who is 36 this year) and Zouma as our only capable back-four centre backs. Christensen, Rüdiger and Azpilicueta (when not at full-back) are all back-three specialists and Guéhi only has senior experience in a back three. Guess we'll be playing that going forward?

 
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