Derby’s player of the season talks to Ben Fisher about playing for Frank Lampard and alongside Ashley Cole and faces Leeds in the play-offs knowing victory could set up a final with Villa and Tammy Abraham
Having called Chelsea home since the age of seven, Fikayo Tomori is well versed in club legend. The influence of Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and, certainly within the academy setup, Jody Morris is ingrained in the corridors at Cobham. These days Tomori, much as it is hard for him to believe, has one of those as a teammate, another as his manager and the other as a coach at Derby County, where the defender has been thriving on a season’s loan.
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