Published January 31, 2025 7:04pm Updated January 31, 2025 7:04pm
Tottenham are adjacent to reaching an statement to signing AC Milan centre-back Fikayo Tomori, according to reports successful Italy.
Spurs person been dealt a precocious stroke successful the January transportation window aft Bayern Munich winger, Mathys Tel, turned down a determination to Ange Postecoglou’s broadside connected Friday.
A €60 cardinal (£50.2m) woody betwixt Spurs and Bayern was agreed connected Thursday, and Daniel Levy travelled to Munich connected Friday successful bid to person Tel implicit a move.
However, Tel has opted to cull Tottenham and is holding retired for different nine with Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Aston Villa each funny successful a deal.
According to Sky Sport Italy, Tottenham person present moved rapidly to hold a woody with Milan for Tomori and the 2 clubs are adjacent to completing a deal.
The study claims that Spurs person presented a €30 cardinal (£25m) connection to Milan, who are unfastened to selling the defender.
The 27-year-old has been astatine Milan for the past 4 years having initially joined the Serie A broadside connected indebtedness from Chelsea successful January 2021.
Milan made the determination imperishable the pursuing summertime for £25m and Tomori has been a regular successful the squad for the past three-and-a-half seasons.
During his clip astatine Milan, Tomori helped the nine triumph Serie A successful 2022. He was besides named successful Serie A’s Team of the Year that aforesaid season.
When asked astir Tomori’s imaginable exit earlier this month, Milan’s advisor Zlatan Ibrahimovic said: ‘Tomori is our player, helium is blessed astatine Milan, played good some nether Fonseca, but besides Conceicao truly likes him. He is simply a Milan player.’
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