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Chelsea have been made left to rue Frank Lampard’s call over centre-back Fikayo Tomori, who has helped inspire AC Milan to the Serie A title this season.

As Stefano Pioli’s side won the Scudetto for the first time in 11 years, Tomori, a product of the Blues’ academy, played 31 of Milan’s 38 Serie A matches in helping them claim a 19 th top-flight title and only their third in the 21 st century.

Tomori was playing his first full season at the San Siro this term alongside former Blues teammate Olivier Giroud, ex-Man Utd striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Chelsea loanee Tiemoue Bakayoko. The Canadian-born centre-back joined the club permanently for around £25m in the summer, having spent the second half of last season on loan there from Stamford Bridge.

Tomori had three loan spells away from Chelsea prior to his first-team promotion in 2019, representing Brighton and Hove Albion, Hull City and Derby County, with the latter coming under Frank Lampard at Pride Park.

Tomori and Mason Mount excelled for Derby in the 2018/19 season on loan, helping the Rams reach the Championship play-off final. When Lampard left Derby that summer to take the Chelsea job, Tomori and Mount were promoted straight into the first-team squad.

While Mount was and has remained a regular ever since, Tomori had spells in and out of the team under