Fulham transfer news: Cottagers receive renewed Fikayo Tomori 'hope' after summer disappoinment

Fulham person reportedly received renewed anticipation implicit a imaginable determination for AC Milan defender Fikayo Tomori.

The centre-back has made implicit 200 appearances since joining AC Milan from Chelsea successful the summertime of 2021. 

Tomori has enjoyed regular crippled clip for astir of his clip successful Italy, but his concern has changed since Ruben Amorim took implicit the reins successful the summer.

The 28-year-old was initially frozen retired of the first-team setup earlier helium was brought backmost into the squad aft a imaginable summertime exit failed to materialise.

However, helium is inactive waiting to marque his archetypal quality of the season, and with his declaration acceptable to expire adjacent summer, determination is sizeable uncertainty surrounding his aboriginal with the club.

AC Milan unfastened to Tomori exit successful January window

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Fulham attempted to motion Tomori successful the closing stages of the summertime market.

As it transpired, Milan blocked the determination connected deadline time owed to an wounded to Mattia Gabbia, which led Amorim to support Tomori arsenic antiaircraft cover.

The study claims that the Rossoneri volition let Tomori to permission successful the January model if helium fails to unit his mode into the broadside earlier the extremity of 2026.

While Fulham person been fixed caller hope, it is unclear astatine this signifier whether they program to marque a caller propulsion to motion the erstwhile Chelsea defender successful the caller year.

Do Fulham request to motion a caller centre-back?

Despite missing retired connected Tomori, Fulham inactive managed to fortify their backline connected the last time of the summertime market, recruiting Austrian centre-back David Affengruber from Spanish Elche.

Affengruber started Fulham's past 2 matches earlier the planetary break, a goalless gully against Liverpool and a 1-1 scoreline against Manchester United.

Arbeloa appears to presumption Affengruber and Calvin Bassey arsenic his first-choice cardinal antiaircraft pairing, with Joachim Andersen and Jorge Cuenca arsenic his 2 back-up options.

With that successful mind, Fulham whitethorn lone look to enlistee a caller centre-back successful January if they tin importantly amended upon their existent options oregon if 1 of their existent cardinal defenders depart.