Nigerian Right Wing-Back Allocated New Shirt Number By Chelsea
Published: July 22, 2017
Canadian-born England U20 international of Nigerian parentage Fikayo Tomori has been allocated a new shirt number at Chelsea ahead of the forthcoming season.
Tomori wore the number 31 shirt in Chelsea's 3-0 win over Arsenal in a pre-season friendly staged at the Beijing National Stadium (Beijing) on Saturday.
The 19-year-old is predominantly a central defender, the role he played in South Korea at the U20 World Cup, but is also comfortable at right back, and manager Antonio Conte has deployed him in that position since the start of pre-season.
When Tomori made his competitive debut for Chelsea's first team on the final day of the 2015-2016 season, he wore the number 43 kit, while he was handed the number 33 shirt before the start of last season.
The talented defender replaced Super Eagles star and Chelsea current first choice right back Victor Moses after 69 minutes in today's win against Arsenal.
Fikayo Tomori has been on the books of the Premier League champions for twelve years.
Igho Kingsley
Photo Credit : thefa.com
Tomori wore the number 31 shirt in Chelsea's 3-0 win over Arsenal in a pre-season friendly staged at the Beijing National Stadium (Beijing) on Saturday.
The 19-year-old is predominantly a central defender, the role he played in South Korea at the U20 World Cup, but is also comfortable at right back, and manager Antonio Conte has deployed him in that position since the start of pre-season.
When Tomori made his competitive debut for Chelsea's first team on the final day of the 2015-2016 season, he wore the number 43 kit, while he was handed the number 33 shirt before the start of last season.
The talented defender replaced Super Eagles star and Chelsea current first choice right back Victor Moses after 69 minutes in today's win against Arsenal.
Fikayo Tomori has been on the books of the Premier League champions for twelve years.
Igho Kingsley
Photo Credit : thefa.com
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