Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham joined Milan and Roma from Chelsea in the summer, but there is a slight difference in the deals that saw the two players move to Italy.
Tomori completed a permanent €28m move to Milan after a six-month loan spell at San Siro.
The English defender had scored one goal in 22 appearances across all competitions with the Serie A giants before his permanent move to Milan.
His compatriot Tammy Abraham joined him in Italy only a few months later, completing a permanent €40m move to Roma.
Fabrizio Romano confirms the Blues don’t have an option to re-sign Tomori in the future, while Abraham could return to Stamford Bridge if he impresses with Roma.
Chelsea have an option they can use until June 2025 to re-sign the English striker for €80m.
Real Madrid had a similar option to re-sign Alvaro Morata from Juventus in 2015. The Spaniard spent two seasons in Turin before the La Liga giants paid circa €30m to take him back to the club.
Abraham, 23, has scored two goals in five appearances with Roma so far this season.
Unlike what they did for Tammy Abraham deal, Chelsea have not included any buy back clause for Fikayo Tomori. AC Milan signed him paying full €29m buy option after 6 months loan. 🔴 #ACMilan
Tomori is now considered ‘untouchable’ – AC Milan are loving him and his impact.
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 16, 2021
We aren’t a feeder club. The club would never sign a player with buy back option.
@Rosario, how would you define Brahim’s two year loan with no option to buy? Because from where I sit it seems feeder clubish.
correction, as far as per report, Brahim has a option to buy, but RM has a buyback option aswell, just for slightly more than our option, call it what you want, but this is just something we have to live with while we grow, and personally im ok with it, full trust in Maldini and the rest of the leadership who is finally making good desitions after 7-10 years of hopelessness
@ Vero Rosenero Diaz is 2 years loan with an option to buy for 22M and buy back option of 27M
@Rosario
Diaz has (apparently), a buy-back clause of 27m for Madrid, should Milan buy him.
As for feeder club, all Serie A sides are feeder clubs now – Milan included.
If a rich English/oil team coming calling, Serie A sells, as we’ve seen more and more.
It’s the exact opposite of what it was in the ’90s.
Unfortunately Serie A is very much a ‘feeder league’. That is the harsh economics of the situation. As has been mentioned many, many times the only way out of the situation is to rebuild the infrastructure. Make the league an attractive workplace.