Fikayo Tomori Linked with Newcastle United Move

Newcastle United’s summer rebuild has focused on the gloves and the engine room. The back line, though, still looks light with Liverpool looming on opening weekend and the games about to come thick and fast.

One name keeps circling back from Italy: Fikayo Tomori.

Tomori back on the radar

The AC Milan center back has been linked with a Premier League return for weeks, with Newcastle regularly mentioned among the interested clubs. That interest was played down at the end of July, when The Athletic refuted suggestions the Magpies were actively pursuing the defender, leaving a familiar transfer-window dilemma: who do you believe?

The story has refused to die. Now, reports from Quotidiano Sportivo’s Luca Mignani and talkSPORT say Tomori is increasingly likely to leave Milan before the deadline, with the Serie A club making him available.

“Now the main suspect in packing his bags is Fikayo Tomori: he was on the bench for the entire match against Chelsea, tied to the club until next June, with no renewal in sight,” wrote Mignani.

talkSPORT echoed the situation, reporting that Milan have made Tomori available for sale in the final weeks of the window. The 28-year-old is heading into his seventh season at San Siro, having first joined on loan from boyhood club Chelsea in January 2021.

He did not play a single minute in Milan’s 3–0 preseason defeat to Chelsea, even as new head coach Ruben Amorim shuffled his pack heavily. For a player of his status, that absence spoke loudly.

Premier League doors opening

This is where Newcastle come back into the frame. Mignani reports that several English clubs have already registered interest in Tomori, with Newcastle named among them.

“The Premier League has come knocking (Coventry, Newcastle, Liverpool): now it’s time to make a move,” he wrote.

So far, there is no suggestion of a formal offer from Newcastle. If there is interest, it remains at the exploratory stage. Liverpool and Coventry City are also listed as suitors, hinting at a possible tug-of-war if any of them decide to turn admiration into a bid.

Tomori joined Milan permanently from Chelsea in 2021 for £25 million (around €29 million) after an impressive loan spell. Since then he has made more than 200 appearances for the Rossoneri and helped them lift the Serie A title, establishing himself as a mainstay in their back line.

An opening for Newcastle?

The timing is significant. Tomori is entering the final year of his contract, and, according to Mignani, there is no extension on the horizon. Milan, meanwhile, are carrying an unwieldy 44-man squad and need to trim numbers.

That combination – contract running down, a bloated group, a player left on the bench against his former club – creates exactly the kind of opportunity ambitious Premier League sides look to exploit.

What it would cost, though, is still a mystery. Mignani’s report does not outline Milan’s asking price. Tomori’s estimated transfer value sits at around €13.3 million, a figure that would look very reasonable for a defender with his experience, but estimates and real negotiations rarely match.

Newcastle’s needs complicate the picture. The club has been actively searching for full-back cover as well as midfield depth. Tomori is an out-and-out center back. Would committing a chunk of the remaining budget to him tighten the squeeze elsewhere?

That is the decision facing Newcastle’s hierarchy as the clock ticks down: push for Tomori and add a proven, title-winning center back to shore up the defence, or hold fire and channel what’s left into the full-back positions and midfield instead.