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Guardiola comments on Reijnders’ Manchester City debut at Club World Cup

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AC Milan know Tijjani Reijnders’ quality, but now others are seeing it in a more mainstream view, due to his move.

Since joining Milan, most knew that Reijnders had a bit of something special about him. This season, that feeling only increased, as he became a more complete midfielder. In fact, he was, for a while, the best goalscoring midfielder in Europe.


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For this reason, many were frustrated by the manner of his exit and the fee that the Rossoneri received. However, we cannot reminisce too much. After all, the club have greater problems to solve.

Guardiola’s review

The Dutchman has spoken heavily about his belief that Pep Guardiola can further him as a player; he has a track record when it comes to midfielders. However, the Spaniard utilised the former Diavolo last night in the Club World Cup, and despite not contributing, the manager was impressed, as he told Sky (via Milan News).

“Rayan [Cherki] has incredible skill near the penalty area, incredible vision and passing, he has many, many qualities. Today was just the first game in very difficult conditions, but I am really happy that he is here. Tijjani Reijnders also played very well.”

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22 Comments

  1. That is what mediocre management is good at. Now Milan look up to Man City and others in the Football Eco system. Selling your best player for cheap,in order to manage accounts. What a pity.

      1. and where are they now? And where are we know? Thank you very much. If “OilMoney” turns you into City then I’ll happily take it.

      1. And Shevchenko before that. How do you sell the second best striker in club history for a mere 45M and our last Ballon D’Or winner for a mere 65M? We’re also not under investigation for 100+ violations of league financial rules. Some people are completely mentally deficient.

        1. Were you born 10 years ago? 🤣🤣 Those were big transfers at the time. R9 cost Madrid 45M few years before that. You want to say Shevchenko is worth much more than Ronaldo?

        2. Shevchenko was nearly 30 when he was sold and didn’t have that much left on his contract. Why are you acting like 45 mil for him was a crazy price, especially nearly 20 years ago? You acting like those are today’s prices after clubs like PSG and Man City totally changed football when it comes to money. Were you even around then?

      2. Milan sold Kaka because Kaka had a knee problem only Milan knew about a year before they sold him, so they sent Leonardo to Brazil and Leo came back with Alexander freaking Pato. Sheva left Milan because his wife forced him to go to England! He said it himself. but u trying to compare these american clowns who run the club now with the man who owned the club and got Milan 5 championships and everybody said Milan still underachieved either players he brought to Milan, just shows exactly why we want u american clowns out of our club for good. take ur american average Chelsea bench player, ur american clown management along with the american fans and gtfo our club

  2. in that game Cherki was a flop, and Tij show quality. and Tij not just played “very well” but he’s an engine for the team like he did for us. i dont know if we can replace him with somebody with the same quality

    1. Its like yesterday that all these same cry babies were saying oh no we sold Tonali yhis guy will never be able to replace him….. First time i saw him i knew not inly he will but will be better then Tonali.

      I yhink we should have asked at least 70+ for him, but oh well, Jashari can be better in long term.

    2. Cherki wasn’t a flop at all. It’s going to take a while for a player with such incredible skill to get on the same wavelength as his team mates. The team has to get used to each other. A flop after one game dropped into a team that has never played together before? Come off it

  3. The same people here who keep saying that the management is mediocre for seeling Rejnders are the same people who called the management mediocre when they bought him and kept saying he was average all last season before he moved to City. At that time they were saying he was a mediocre player, and that he was nowhere close to Tonali. Now all of a sudden they

  4. The Cardinale Cucks out in full force defending the stupid decisions of this management. Where did we finish last year?

  5. People don’t seem to consider the fact that Rjeinders had his heart set on Manchester City. These are human beings. Milan knew they needed to do that right thing and make the deal work.

  6. Y’all should put aside emotions and reason logically. The only constants in any football club are the name, the history, and the fans. Managements come and go. Players come and go. Even investors will eventually move on.

    No player or owner is perfect.
    Even someone as iconic and devoted as Berlusconi made some decisions that the club is still paying for today.

    The RedBird/Elliott era has focused primarily on financial stability and long-term profitability. A strategy that is affecting our on-pitch results already, but I believe it is aimed at building something more sustainable in the long run.

    Yes, Reijnders is gone — just like Tonali, Kaka, Ibrahimović, Thiago Silva, and Shevchenko before him.

    And if Leão leaves this summer, history has shown that Milan will survive, and we’ll find someone even better to fill the void.

    1. Affecting our on-pitch results already? Yes, in the most negative way imaginable. This management is a joke.

    2. Three years down with failure upon failure failure and no accountability

      And yet you still believe that tripe about them building something that would benefit Milan in the long run🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

      You guys seriously and deliberately delude yourself into supporting Redbird and their decisions. At this point this is kinda alarming and not even funny anymore.

      That there are people who still believe Redbird has the best of Milan’s interest be it short term or long term. Maldinis firing and everything that has led to this point is enough evidence.

      But delusions are free I guess🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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