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Dossier TL-CE00Status: Under investigationOpened 2 Oct 2026

Expected window: January 2027

Fikayo Tomori to Nottingham Forest

Last update: 29 days ago

Evidence score

Evidence score
Verdict

AC Milan have offered Fikayo Tomori to several Premier League clubs, including Nottingham Forest, and are open to a January sale. His contract runs to June 2027.

Independent sources
1
verified outlets
Repeated by
1
outlets, not first-hand
Denials
0
dispute the claim
Deal stage
offer
2 outlets
How the score is calculated
  • Independent sources10/40

    1 independent source (max 4); 1 other outlet only repeats someone else's reporting

  • Source track record18/25

    70% estimated accuracy (5 past cases, small samples are pulled towards 40%)

  • Deal stage19/25

    Stage: offer

  • How recent6/10

    Last update 29 days ago

Score capped at 30: a single source is a lead, not a signal

What we know

AC Milan have offered Fikayo Tomori to several Premier League clubs, including Nottingham Forest, and are open to a January sale. His contract runs to June 2027.

TEAMtalk reported on 2 October that Milan had approached multiple English sides. On 5 October, Ligaolahraga.com, citing Football Presse, echoed the January window and named Forest as an interested party.

Key findings

  • First report: 2 Oct 2026, TEAMtalk.
  • 1 independent source behind it (TEAMtalk); 1 other outlet only repeats earlier reporting.
  • No Tier 1-2 source stands behind it, so the score is capped at 30.
  • Deal stage reached by a counted source: offer.
  • 1 report attributes the story to Football Presse, whose own article is not among the sources.
  • No second independent source corroborates it.
  • Latest evidence: 29 days ago.

Who reported it

OutletTierWhat they saidTrack recordChecked
TEAMtalk
02/10/2026
Tier 2 · Established

AC Milan have offered Tomori to several Premier League clubs including Nottingham Forest.

Stage: offer

5 of 5 cases · 100%Original source
Ligaolahraga.com
05/10/2026
Tier 3 · Secondary

AC Milan is open to selling Fikayo Tomori in January, with Nottingham Forest among the interested Premier League clubs.

Stage: interest

No history yetCites Football Presse (not in this dossier)

Timeline

  1. 05 Oct 2026 · Ligaolahraga.com
    AC Milan is open to selling Fikayo Tomori in January, with Nottingham Forest among the interested Premier League clubs.

    Repeats reporting attributed to Football Presse (its own article is not in this dossier). Stage: interest

  2. 02 Oct 2026 · TEAMtalk
    AC Milan have offered Tomori to several Premier League clubs including Nottingham Forest.

    First-hand report. Stage: offer

Does Nottingham Forest need him?

Centre-Back: the centre-backs Nottingham Forest already have, from their squad list, and who they brought in there over the last two seasons. Facts only: we do not judge the need.

Current centre-backs (4)

PlayerPositionAgeContract
MurilloCentre-Back2430 Jun 2030
Ousmane DiomandeCentre-Back2330 Jun 2030
Nikola MilenkovićCentre-Back2830 Jun 2029
Jair CunhaCentre-Back2130 Jun 2030

Recent signings in this position

  • Ousmane Diomande (Centre-Back)2026/27 · from Sporting CP · €40.00m
  • David Carmo (Centre-Back)· no longer in the squad2026/27 · back from loan at Real Oviedo
  • Tyler Bindon (Centre-Back)· no longer in the squad2026/27 · back from loan at Sheffield United
  • Jair Cunha (Centre-Back)2025/26 · from Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas · €12.00m
  • Jonathan Panzo (Centre-Back)· no longer in the squad2025/26 · back from loan at Rio Ave FC
  • David Carmo (Centre-Back)· no longer in the squad2025/26 · back from loan at Olympiacos Piraeus
  • Andrew Omobamidele (Centre-Back)· no longer in the squad2025/26 · back from loan at RC Strasbourg Alsace
  • Zach Abbott (Centre-Back)· no longer in the squad2025/26 · from Nottingham Forest U21 · fee undisclosed
  • Tyler Bindon (Centre-Back)· no longer in the squad2025/26 · back from loan at Reading FC

Is it still alive?

First report
02 Oct 2026
Latest report
05 Oct 2026 (28 days ago)
Transfer window
January 2027: shuts in 91 days

The window the reports point to. If the move has not happened 10 days after it shuts, the dossier closes as not done.

No new reporting for over three weeks: the story is going cold.

Contract and fee

Contract until
June 2027
Reported fee
—

No outlet has quoted a figure for this move yet. We never estimate one.

Under a year left: the selling club risks losing him for free next summer, which usually lowers the price.

Also linked with

Player profile

Full name
Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola Tomori
Age
28
Agent
SPORT INVEST

Photo: Werner100359, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; resized and cropped.

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Clubs in this move