Why former Chelsea star deserve to make England’s world cup squad

Former Newcastle United goalkeeper, Shay Given, has sent a message to England manager, Gareth Southgate about AC Milan defender, Fikayo Tomori.

According to Given, Fikayo has done enough to make it to England’s 2022 FIFA World Cup squad.

Given stressed that Tomori, who scored a goal for AC Milan last weekend, should have been given more time to thrive during his time at Chelsea.

Tomori made it to the Blues’ first team under former coach Frank Lampard but failed to retain a position after Thomas Tuchel took over the reins at Stamford Bridge.

Speaking to TalkSPORT ahead of AC Milan’s Champions League tie with Chelsea at San Siro on Tuesday night, Given said: “I worked with Fikayo at Derby, actually. I think he was our Player of the Season while he was there. Obviously, he and Mason Mount were absolutely brilliant that year. And he’s gone on from there, obviously.”

He added: “He went back to Chelsea, maybe he should have had more game time at Chelsea. And the players who left the club, you’d think that had they kept on Tomori, he might’ve been a good fit for Chelsea. But take nothing away from him, he’s gone to a different country, one big club in Milan and it’s not an easy task.”

“You see, he scored at the weekend for them. He’s really at the top of his game, leading into the World Cup next month, so you’d like to think that he’s done enough to make it into the World Cup squad.”