GdS: Tomori and Pavlovic presented with sliding doors moment after rejecting moves | OneFootball

There ended up being a lot of deadline day movement involving AC Milan, but none of it concerned Fikayo Tomori nor Strahinja Pavlovic.

As La Gazzetta dello Sport writes, Tomori and Pavlovic seemed to both be on their way out of Milan at various points during the winter mercato. However, they were the architects of their own destiny because they did not give in to the will of others, but obtained what they wanted.

Very simply, both central defenders wished to stay where they were and both ended up starting the derby on Sunday against Inter, with Kyle Walker and Theo Hernandez completing a back four that held up well for the most part.

Tomori had been ‘invited to look around’, especially in the last few days of the window, because Tottenham had offered a figure close to €30m. However, the Englishman feels like with Conceiçao he has regained a leading role, so he closed off to any idea of a sale.

Pavlovic is also experiencing a rebirth at Milanello. The start of his adventure was promising after joining in the summer, then he ended up on the bench and logic led to thinking that the Serbian would say goodbye in January.

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As with Tomori, the desire to prove himself worthy of the Rossoneri prevailed. The Serbia international said no to Fenerbahçe and did not even consider Galatasaray despite the big offers that both were willing to put forward.

Tomori and Pavlovic then started together again, with the derby hopefully being the first step towards becoming the established centre-back pairing. Gabbia and Thiaw have been warned.