Fikayo Tomori admits he is more than open to making his Milan loan move from Chelsea permanent and wants more punishment for people who racially abuse players online.
The defender joined the Rossoneri in January and has already made several appearances in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.
He made the switch due to a lack of playing time in London, so was asked by BBC Sport if the fact Frank Lampard was sacked the next day and replaced by Thomas Tuchel would’ve made any difference.
Fikayo Tomori admits he is more than open to making his Milan loan move from Chelsea permanent and wants more punishment for people who racially abuse players online.
The defender joined the Rossoneri in January and has already made several appearances in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.
He made the switch due to a lack of playing time in London, so was asked by BBC Sport if the fact Frank Lampard was sacked the next day and replaced by Thomas Tuchel would’ve made any difference.
“There was nothing much to think really. Once I switched to Milan it was all about Milan. Whatever happens at Chelsea, happens at Chelsea.”
Tomori also noted “it’s up to the clubs to decide” the next step once his loan period comes to a close.
“But at the moment I'm taking it game by game, week by week and hopefully at the end of the season I have a Scudetto and I'm in the England squad.”
The issue of players receiving horrific insults via social media, above all but not only racist abuse, is becoming more and more prevalent around Europe.
“With social media being so accessible to everyone, someone can make a fake account within five minutes and go there to spout racist abuse because someone made a mistake in the game,” Tomori said.
“It is too easy for people to do that. Being able to identify someone who is doing these wrong things and punish them, make an example of them, is only going to help.
“If someone robs a bank you know they're punished. If someone is racist, they should be punished so those kinds of steps need to be made.
“It's disgusting when you see these kinds of things. You know it's 2021 now and things like this are still going on over football.
“For it to happen it's kind of confusing and I think that there needs to be more to really stamp it out.”
Goalkeeper Bernd Leno revealed he stopped using social media after someone sent him a message urging him to follow the example set by Robert Enke, who committed suicide.