According to transfer insider Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea rejected a loan offer from Everton for Fikayo Tomori four days ago
Romano claims following the snub, Carlo Ancelotti’s side have reached a deal to sign promising defender Ben Godfrey from Norwich, with the Toffees due to announce the signing shortly
Romano previously reported that the Merseyside side identified Tomori as their prime target as center-back, but Chelsea were more interested in loaning marginal defender Antonio Rudiger on loan
Everton also agreed to personal terms today [until June 2025] with Ben Godfrey as new center-back, after finalizing deal details and fees yesterday with Norwich. at three days, Chelsea turned down another #EFC loan offer for Tomori? #Everton #transfers
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It’s no surprise that Chelsea don’t want to loan the 22-year-old on loan, given the ace is resuming an important role in the first team after a difficult patch
While Tomori had a wonderful start to his career as a senior player at Chelsea last season, quickly winning an England side, the youngster fell out of favor at the end of the year
Andreas Christensen’s red card against Liverpool provided defender pacy with his first outing since the end of February, with 45-minute displays of Tomori leading to back-to-back Carabao Cup starts
It looks like Christensen and Tomori are battling for third place, with usual starters Frank Lampard gearing up to be Kurt Zouma and seasoned summer signing Thiago Silva
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