Just like Rafael Leao, English defender Fikayo Tomori watched the AC Milan match from the bench for the second consecutive league match. If against Udinese the exclusion was dictated by disciplinary reasons after what happened in Florence (he then took over two minutes from the 90th minute), yesterday Fonseca’s choice was exquisitely technical with the former Chelsea centre-back having never seen the pitch, not even in the second half.
In defense, Fonseca has not yet found his pair of starting centre-backs: yesterday it was the turn of Thiaw-Pavlovic, who overall were protagonists of an insufficient performance. More generally, at the end of October it is still difficult to understand what the hierarchies are. Maybe Gabbia is a little step ahead of the others, but yesterday he was absent due to injury.
In all this, Tomori is paying the price, a footballer struggling with one of the most delicate moments since he wore the Milan shirt but who curiously – year after year – sees the value of his card increase more and more thanks to the bonuses. Arriving in the summer of 2021 for 28.8 million euros, the former Chelsea player, according to the latest balance sheet, has reached a historic cost of 35 million euros. Almost seven more than three years earlier.