Tijjani Reijnders impressed with the Dutch national yet again last night as they prevailed 5-2 in the game against Bosnia. The AC Milan man scored and assisted thanks to a more advanced role, which Paulo Fonseca is now being urged to copy.
Reijnders has always been silky smooth on the ball, never afraid to take on his man and make runs into the box. However, as he almost always starts in the midfield tandem of Milan, this is not something he can do all the time.
With the Netherlands, though, Ronald Koeman plays him in a more advanced role, as a No.10 of sorts if you like. Clearly, the Milan man likes this role and yesterday’s display against Bosnia was a great example of that, combining with Joshua Zirkzee throughout the game.
Given the struggles of Ruben Loftus-Cheek in the No.10 role at Milan, Fonseca has been urged by many to field Reijnders in that position instead. After all, with Ismael Bennacer and Youssouf Fofana available to play in the tandem, this would be the best possible starting XI.
In Serie A last season, Reijnders started in the attacking midfield position three times and in those games, he bagged one goal and one assist.