English defender, Fikayo Tomori has come out to say that he had no choice but to join AC Milan. Tomori recently revealed that he made his mind to make the move after he received a phone call from legendary Paolo Maldini.
According to him, Maldini is the greatest defender to play the game, and it was an honor to speak to him on the phone to discuss his switch to Italy.
Tomori added that he is very delighted to be playing for an historic football club, and he intends to give his all on the pitch for the badge.
His words, “I chose to come here to AC Milan because it’s a club with a great history, with great players and obviously the club is in a good moment right now,
“It’s an opportunity that I couldn’t turn down. It’s a huge honour for me to be here.”
“When I first got the call, I was a bit… I wouldn’t say confused, but I was surprised! I spoke to Paolo Maldini. The best defender to ever play football was talking to me and asking me to come, so from there I knew that this is where I wanted to come and play football and to learn from him as well. I’m very happy to be here now.”
“Paolo Maldini, the best defender that ever played! When I was young and I was [playing as] a striker or a midfielder, Kaka was someone that I really enjoyed watching, [Clarence] Seedorf as well.
“To be able to put on the shirt that they wore is a huge honour and if I have half the success that they had, I’ll have a good time here.”
“I’m 23 years old so I thought I’d choose No. 23. Michael Jordan [is someone] I look up to a lot and he wore No. 23, so I think it made a lot of sense for me to choose it. Hopefully I can be successful in it.”
“Off the pitch, I’m very relaxed, very chilled. I like to spend time with family and friends and be quite focused.”
“On the pitch, I’m quite aggressive, I like to win the ball, go and take the ball off opponents. I like to defend, I enjoy defending and helping the team to win. That’s the attitude I’m going to bring to this team.
“I spoke to the manager and he was very happy for me to join. He gave me the fire to come and play and to enjoy myself.
“I spoke to some players who had been here before and who have played in Italybefore and everyone had only good things to say about Milan. It was 100 per cent AC Milan for me.”
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