Reports from England claim that Nottingham Forest want to sign Tijjani Reijnders from Manchester City, and AC Milan are watching on.
Calciomercato.com recall that on 11 June 2025, AC Milan made the sale of Reijnders to Manchester City official, for a fee of €57.7m plus €14m in bonuses. A little over a year later, the Dutchman could change clubs again, with Fabrizio Romano revealing interest.
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He said: “Nottingham Forest are showing interest in Tijjani Reijnders as new midfielder from Manchester City. He’s on the shortlist after also Newcastle had shown interest in June.”
The conditions for triggering the bonuses are leading the Rossoneri to carefully monitor the Dutchman’s situation, who has also been targeted by Juventus in this transfer market.
Good news for Milan?
According to the Daily Mail, Forest are reportedly ready to make a proposal of £55m – approximately €64m – to convince Manchester City to sell Reijnders just a year after his arrival. It is a move seen as key to strengthen the midfield for Oliver Glasner’s 3-4-3 system.
Juventus are also monitoring the Dutchman’s situation. However, after investing €38m plus €12m in bonuses for Kolo Muani and €30m plus €5m for Alajbegovic, they must sell before making any other major signings. Above all, they are not in a position to make an offer exceeding €60m.
The Bianconeri are looking for opportunities to seize and Reijnders could only be via a loan formula if the deal with Nottingham Forest does not come to fruition.
Milan are watching all this with great interest and are rooting for the sale. The Rossoneri are already assured of the €57.7m fixed portion, payable over five years, but are waiting to see how many of the €14m in bonuses they will accrue. With a sale, they would be certain of collecting them all.
The signed agreement includes the following bonuses, which can accrue until 2030, the date of the contract’s expiration: €5m in total for qualifying for the Champions League, €1m if he wins the Premier League, €1m if Reijnders is named Premier League Player of the Year.
Then, there is €2m if he wins the Ballon d’Or, €2m if he wins the Champions League and there are also various €1m bonuses that would be triggered with a renewal based on how long the former AZ Alkmaar star then stays for.
As mentioned, if Reijnders were to leave Manchester City, Milan would collect the full €14m given that at least one clause (Champions League qualification) has already been triggered and it will not be a free transfer.
Only in two very difficult cases would the Rossoneri be penalised: if, over the course of these 5 years, the conditions for triggering at least one bonus clause were not met, or if the midfielder were sold on a free transfer.
Remember when people were saying he is worth 100m? lmao
Nottingham Forrest is offering 65M€ after he had an average season. Clear or you need help?
So? PL clubs overprice and overpay anyway.
EPL clubs offering 65M€ for an EPL player is like them offering 20-30M€ for players from other leagues.
In other words, no big deal.
it seems like you dont see what 100m means
If he was that good why are they selling him?
What’s your point?
Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal, £72m, 2019)
Tanguy Ndombele (Tottenham Hotspur, £62m, 2019)
Antony (Manchester United, €95m, 2022)
Mudryk (Chelsea, €70m, 2022)
Woltemade (Newcastle, £69m, 2025)
Simons (Tottenham, £51.8m, 2025)
Elanga (Newcastle, £55m, 2025)
There’s a bunch more. Brilliant.
Just keep the money and send Reijnders back to Milan.
This case highlights the purely investment driven nature of Milan management model financial success doesn’t always translate into sporting success. While some celebrate the additional €14 million, the reality is that Milan has let go of its key midfield engine, becoming a mere spectator as its former player moves between mid table English clubs. The financial gain is excellent on paper, but it reinforces Milan status as a club that produces stars, not a final destination for competing for European titles.
Ok Analyst,
Two engines, maybe three engines were left to go for free without any “financial gain” on paper.
Oh, how I miss those days. I would rather watch Donna, Kessie and Hakan leave for free than sell.
Sporting = 0
Financial = 0
Good riddance.