Tijjani Reijnders bagged a brace in AC Milan’s 3-0 win against Empoli last night, showing all of his qualities in the fog at San Siro. As highlighted by a report, the Rossoneri already have a contract renewal for the star.
Having paid just €20m plus an additional €5m in bonuses to AZ Alkmaar in 2023, Milan’s signing of Reijnders was not just a bargain, but rather a theft. This was highlighted by Gazzetta dello Sport this morning, stating that the midfielder is now worth three times as much (€60-75m).
Milan have already started work on the contract renewal and an agreement is ‘very close’, per the report. However, a renewal will only be formalised and announced at the end of the season, seeing as there is no rush to lock him down (the current deal expires in 2028).
So far this season, Reijnders has six goals and three assists, having already surpassed his stats in the 2023-24 season (four goals and four assists). There is no doubt that he’s the best Geoffrey Moncada signing to date and Milan have no intention of letting him leave.
The midfielder himself is also very happy, as highlighted by his father-agent, and there should be no issues with the renewal.
I didn’t know much about him in Eredivisie and thought was “good” last season without being blown away. In fact often I felt the media reports were overrating his performances.
But this season so far at least, the hype seems to be justified. He’s taken a further leap in quality and now does genuinely seem to be one of the best midfielders in the entire league.
Credit where its due as I’ve been critical of the management before, this is one signing they looked to have nailed. Waiting til summer will only drive his agents wage demands ever higher? Let’s see
Forza Milan
Get another 1-2 more Dutch to make it a twin strike or trio power. Milan have an affinity with good Dutch players
Do we? We had the trio and seedorf but apart from those 4 I can’t think of anyone else worth mentioning..
Hardly an affinity
DeJong at the time and VanBommel in his short spell were both pretty solid. Huntelaar was a joke.
True but they all stayed for a short time so I don’t count it.
3+ season minimum.
Max bommel
Nigel De Jong and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (his first six months in the club was a joy to watch)