The Milan brass met with Fikayo Tomori at the club’s headquarters yesterday. It was a routine summit that the management hold with every player to take stock of how they are doing. In his case, it had transfer market-related meaning because the club will have to make the call on the €28M option to buy him from Chelsea, Sky Sport reports.
Directors Paolo Maldini and Ricky Massara would like to keep him. However, they will have to convince ownership to greenlight the sizeable investment because the Blues will not budge on the previously agreed-upon sum.
Tomori had a strong start with the Rossoneri, but he has made some costly blunders in recent games. He lost Mattia Destro on a corner kick versus Genoa, while he did not manage to stop Giacomo Raspadori and Joaquin Correa in one-on-one situations against Sassuolo and Lazio. The executives urged the player to bounce back.
The decision on the purchase will also hinge on factors that go beyond his performances, Gazzetta dello Sport reports. First of all, Milan would have a richer budget this summer if they qualified for Champions League and if they managed to retain Gianluigi Donnarumma rather than having to acquire another goalkeeper.
Moreover, Alessio Romagnoli has just a year left on his contract. If he ended up leaving, that would finance the deal with Chelsea, but no team has bid for their captain yet. The Italian defender has been missing time with a calf injury, opening up minutes for Tomori, but he is expected to make his return to the starting lineup soon.