Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori has completed his loan switch to Serie A giants AC Milan.
Tomori, 23, has joined the Rossoneri until the end of the season, Chelsea announced on Friday evening.
Milan are understood to have retained an option to buy Tomori for £25million in the summer, following the loan.
Thiago Silva’s summer arrival at Chelsea pushed Tomori further down the Stamford Bridge pecking order, with Kurt Zouma, Toni Rudiger and Andreas Christensen all also ahead of him.
The Canada-born defender opted to stay and fight for a first-team place before the start of the campaign, but has now grasped the chance of a big loan move to Italy.
Title-chasing Milan will offer Tomori a big chance to assert his top-level credentials, and he will wear the No 23 shirt at the club.
Despite his temporary departure from west London, boss Frank Lampard has insisted that Tomori still has a ‘long-term future’ with the Blues.
