Tijjani Reijnders’ departure was confirmed earlier this week, and AC Milan made several errors, it seems.
Many will still feel it was a mistake selling Reijnders, it is likely that that feeling will not go away any time soon. However, if Milan replace him well, perhaps the feeling will be lessened. The opposite of what happened with Tonali, effectively.
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With the sale itself, though, there have been many gripes.
Major mistakes
It is nothing new for the management to be criticised. However, their positions have taken significant damage recently. Largely, it is due to their own naivety and words of reassurance – very preventable, ultimately. The issue is that lessons are seemingly never learned.
Geoffrey Moncada said a few months ago the side was Scudetto-worthy, and then stated that Reijnders would stay at the club. Both, obviously, have been proven wrong. Today, Franco Ordine reviewed the sale of Reijnders and the management’s errors for Milan News.
“The sale of Reijnders has become official. It is a triple error for which those responsible will have to answer.
“First formal error: if you say [Giorgio Furlani before Milan-Monza] that you do not need to sell “given the situation we are in”, that is, with the numbers in hand, in the hours in which you are probably already negotiating the exit of the Dutchman, then it means that credibility is definitively lost.
“On a technical level, it is a very painful loss because he is one of the best midfielders around, albeit with offensive characteristics, and in full technical and physical maturity.
“On an economic level, it is not a bargain because the 72 million collected (between fixed part and bonuses producing a net capital gain of 40 million) is not a figure capable of making you hesitate and because it does not take into account other possible negotiations that would have brought hay to the barn.
“The truth is that as soon as Dad Reijnders called (from how he thanked Milan, I understood that he was the mediator used by City), Furlani jumped at the chance to pay off the discounted minus 25 million before June 30th.
“Not to mention that between the redemption of Kalulu (17 million) and some other operations now in the pipeline (Musah), the result of closing with a plus on the balance sheet would have been equally achieved.”
There is no mistakes there..it was really good business for business man gerry cardinale! The only mitake here is the fans “support” him using this club
he is not worth 70mil and he actually doesnt really fit into our formation. he just scored a lot cause he shot from everywhere (5 assists only while our destroyer Fofana had 9). he is a good #8, but defensively too week for double pivot (#6) and offensively he doesnt link midfield with attack as well as Puli does (#10), and we rarely play 4-3-3. Furlani said we dont have to sell because it was the truth, but it was a great opportunity and deals like that bring us in a position where we dont have to sell. btw RLC scored a lot last season, so who knows if Reijnders could keep his level.
Ok, no word, just take time to listen to this very objective analysis by Football Kush titled “Why Did Milan Sell Reijnders For Just €55M?!”
(I tried pasting the link here, the site wouldn’t allow it).
He pretty much summarises everything a few of us have been saying for over a week now about the Reijnders deal.
MUST WATCH
I like his channel. He’s pretty objective …
It is cleared that the management are only interested in money not the club integrity.The new owner of the club is a business man,not a futball fan.Sale Leo too and the goalkeeper maig.
The football fan who has club integrity and was your president sold the great Shevchenko (The Ghost) and Kaka (Balon d’or winner) just to balance the books.
You think a football fan will pay hundreds of millions to buy a business (football club) and operate it as a fan and not a business?
He would keep loosing money and not worry just so you the fan will be happy with your players?
Business sometimes requires sacrifices, and football is no exception.
I really don’t understand why dumb people will say the deal is cheap.
PSG signed Kvaratskhelia, a young 23 year old and Serie A player of the season for €70m,
Napoli is also holding out to sell Osimhen a young 26 year old, Golden Boot winner in Italy and Turkey, for €75m.
But somehow, Reijnders, a 28 year old sold for €70m is cheap.
Ordine is no different from the bunch of financial illiterates bombarding the Internet.
Correction: Reijnders 27 years old.
The truth is i think we should bring tonali back home because this the kind of the footballer we need in our team.