Article by Daniel Grigore – published Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 10:48 / Updated Wednesday, May 14, 2025 10:49
Manchester City has started the discussions for the transfer of Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, 26, under contract with AC Milan by 2030.
With the departure of Kevin de Bruyne, Manchester City is looking for reinforcements for the midline. The team coached by Pep Guardiola has several names on the list, from Florian Wirtz to Morgan Gibbs-White and, more recently, Tijjani Reijnders.
The interest for Reijnders was materialized in a series of first discussions between clubs. These would now be “at an early stage, without Manchester City having sent it an official,” according to The Athletic. But The British remain optimistic that “they can reach an agreement to bring Reijnders”.
Manchester City has opened discussions for Tijjani Reijonders
The Dutch international, from 2023 to AC Milan, is targeted for the position of number 8. The eventual bringing of bringing would not mean to give up the Wirtz and Gibbs-White tracks.
Reijnders arrived in Italian football in the summer of 2023, bought by AC Milan from Az Alkmaar for 20.5 million euros. In the two seasons drained since then, he scored 19 goals and offered 9 decisive passes in 101 matches played in Red-Negru.
Manchester City transferred it to January on the “Nico Gonzalez” lock “from FC Porto and will be able to rely again in the next season on Rodri's services, the 2024 gold balloon, removed from the circuit in the current season of serious injury.
Reijnders impressed this season “Santiago Bernabeu”, marking in the victory by AC Milan against Real Madrid, 3-1. After that match, the Spanish publication Fichajes claimed that Toni Kroos, one of the most important midfielders in the history of the Madrilen club, would have recommended to Blanco leaders to consider bringing Reijnders.
