How Fikayo Tomori revived his career at Milan: Defender fell out of favour under Frank Lampard at Chelsea but after praise from legends Maldini and Baresi during loan spell he has become a San Siro mainstay and is now back in the England fold

Baresi, Maldini, Costacurta, Nesta… Playing in the AC Milan defence is like playing in the shadow of giants.

But in Fikayo Tomori, the Italian club may just have found a worthy heir to these legends of the game.

The 23-year-old has certainly thrived since making permanent his loan from Chelsea at the beginning of the season and the rewards continue to come.

The England centre-half has received praise from Paolo Maldini and Fabio Capello after a series of impressive performances in the Milan defence last season and this

Tomori was called up into the England squad for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Hungary with every chance he will add to his one cap earned so far.