AC Milan of Italy defender, Fikayo Tomori has been cited in latest reports about the sacking if Frank Lampard as Chelsea’s coach, with The Blues’ legend haven got into a spat with the London club’s top brass over the Nigerian-born stopper.
With Lampard apparently showing enough trust and devotion to the lad he gave regular first team action in the English Championship, during their time together two seasons ago at Derby County, the hierarchy at Stamford Bridge felt he was giving Tomori undue advantages.
Megasportsarena.com gathered further that the issue soon led to a falling out for the former Chelsea midfielder and top scorer with moguls at Stamford Bridge and it was just a matter of time before the power brokers pulled the carpet from under his feet.
While Tomori was eventually shipped out non loan to Milan last summer, Lampard got the sack st Chelsea, on account of poor results from the team, but startling revelations have now emerged to indicate that there was more to the story than just technical ma
A report by British newspaper, The Athletic revealed: “Frank Lampard fell out with the Chelsea board over their decision to keep Antonio Rudiger over Fiyako Tomori.
“Club legend Lampard was dismissed over a fortnight ago after a poor run of form saw Chelsea slipping out of contention for the top-four.
“Prior to his sacking, Lampard was at odds with the Chelsea hierarchy over their treatment of Tomori. The 23-year-old was eventually loaned to AC Milan, with the Italian club possessing an option to make the deal permanent in the summer.
“Lampard would have preferred Chelsea to sell Antonio Rudiger, who had fell out of favour with the Englishman this season.
“Rudiger has thrived under Lampard’s replacement Thomas Tuchel, starting all of the new head coach’s first five Premier League games so far.”
