TORONTO, Canada—What could have been.
Speaking with Chelsea Mike’d Up this week, the official podcast of English Premier League side Chelsea FC, Calgary-born defender Fikayo Tomori opened up about his choice to represent ‘The Three Lions’ internationally as opposed to the Canadian men’s national team.
“When it came to making a decision to switch when I was younger, it wasn’t something I took lightly, and it was something I really did think about,” said the Chelsea FC centre-back, who previously represented Canada at the U-20 level. “Even though I had got called up to Canada first and then England called me up, it wasn’t just a switch—like oh yeah, ‘okay I’m going to go to England.