In addition to Stefano Pioli's interview and Ivan Gazidis' words (read here), Fikayo Tomori also spoke to the same outlet, The Athletic to talk about the Scudetto celebrations:
"Who slept with the trophy? I think Ibrahimovic took it home with him to be fair. The celebrations? Madness, total madness."
On Pioli getting his winner's medal stolen:
"I managed to keep hold of mine. You can see the strap is a bit worn from where people were trying to take it. My dad’s here. He said: ‘I’ll take it and look after it for you'."
Tomori should have been at the hair salon:
"I've had a bet with (Tiemoue) Bakayoko that I’m gonna dye my hair blonde like him if we won, so I’ve got to get that done too. The Scenes? When I arrived (in January 2021) there was COVID so it was difficult to imagine but I’ve always seen it on TV. I’d heard from people playing in Italy that it’s crazy. This season I’ve managed to see it in full force. It’s indescribable and, like they say, you have to see it, be in it because there’s so much passion, so much joy. I’m never going to forget it."
On training with Rafael Leao and Commenting on Ibra's words about Leao being the one player he couldn’t get through to at Milanello at first:
"To be fair, in training you wouldn’t know he’s so electric when it comes to a match day because in training he likes to mess about, he does a lot of step-overs, he beats you once and he wants to come back at you again. But when it comes to the game, he’s just off (on one). He’s massive for the team. Ever since I arrived I told him: ‘You don’t know how good you are’. Because you can see he has everything. He’s fast, he’s strong, he can dribble, he can head the ball, he’s tall. He’s got EVERYTHING. He’s definitely been our difference maker and is deservedly player of the season for Serie A."
On keeping clean sheets and defending well in the Serie A:
"The more we kept clean sheets, the more we wanted to do it. Obviously you want to do it anyway but we got hungrier in wanting to do it, as a team and as individuals, as a back four, as a three, you know me, Pierre and (the goalkeeper) Mike (Maignan). We developed that kind of chemistry."
Tomori on the most meaningful conversation with Paolo Maldini:
"It was probably last March (2021) so when I was still on loan (from Chelsea) and we were talking about how I was finding it, what he felt I could improve on, how he thought things were going for me. At that point I was still on loan, so to have him still showing an interest in me, telling me what I could do better was… well, coming from him it’s a whole different story."
On what he learnt:
"I’ve learned different ways of defending. Something different to what I was brought up on. I’ve become more aware. More aware of where I am on the pitch, where my team-mates are on pitch, where the ball is in relation to the goal, where I am in relation to the ball etc. Little details like, for instance, if a player has his head down, where my position is or if a player’s got the ball and has his head up, where my position is. I’ve been watching videos and the manager’s been helping me, telling me you should be doing this in this situation, you should be here. These are the kinds of things I’ve been taking on board and they’re obviously different to football in England, for sure."
Tomori on the last game of the season against Sassuolo:
"Even when we came in at half-time (on the final day against Sassuolo), Zlatan was still saying it’s not finished. We were 3-0 up. But he was like: there’s still 45 minutes. We haven’t done anything yet. It was like that for the last six or seven games. Every time we won, he kept everybody’s focus, he kept talking in the dressing room, he kept trying to be positive. Obviously, he’s been in these situations before and he’s won with Milan so he helped us along."
He concluded:
"This is my first season of actually playing in a top league, so to have that full season where you have to be concentrated in a team that’s going for the title, that’s another pressure and intensity you’ve got to deal with. Then it’s obviously a different country, it’s Milan. Everything’s just been a learning curve for me and I’ve learned as I’ve gone along. Ever since I arrived here every single person — the players, the staff, people behind the scenes you probably don’t see — they’ve made my time here a whole lot easier and when I feel at ease off the pitch I find it easier to perform on the pitch. It’s been amazing."
