Fikayo Tomori warns Christian Pulisic that Serie A can be more difficult than the Premier League and names Milan‘s new leaders, including Rafael Leao.

The English centre-back spoke at a press conference from Los Angeles on the eve of a friendly encounter with Juventus.

Tomori has reunited with his ex-Chelsea teammate Pulisic this summer as the American midfielder completed a permanent transfer from Chelsea earlier this month.

“We’ve known each other since Chelsea and we’ve talked a lot,” said Tomori, as quoted by Sky Sport Italia.

“I’ve told him that Serie A is really difficult. Tactically and in terms of details, it is more difficult [than the Premier League]. He is feeling well with the team and hopefully, we can have a great season together.”

Pulisic is one of the many new signings made by Milan this summer. They have already welcomed seven new faces, including Samuel Chukwueze.

“We feel on the pitch that we have a strong team. We want to win again because we didn’t do what we wanted last season,” said Tomori.

“Now, also thanks to new players, we are strong and keep improving.

“We are Milan and we want to win. We didn’t do it last season but we want to do it this year,” he continued.

“We have new players and I think we can win. We are aware of our qualities.”

Rafael Leao is taking an even more central role after his contract extension and is seemingly becoming a leader of the Rossoneri.

“We have all improved a little and Rafa is becoming a man,” noted the ex-Chelsea centre-back.

“Of course, we listen to him when he speaks and I am happy we can see his maturity, I hope he can bring this mentality on the pitch.

“I like to communicate on and off the pitch. There were many experienced players when I arrived here and they helped me, now I want to do the same thing with new players. I like this role, I enjoy helping the new players settle in. I want to do my best to help the team. There are players such as Calabria and Theo. Oli [Giroud] also speaks a lot, Mike [Maignan] is a professional and is always focused on games.”

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