The terrible season that AC Milan have had will leave a hole in the accounts, pushing Tijjani Reijnders towards Manchester City.
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Milan’s season isn’t even over yet, but fans can already start to worry about what will happen in the summer. The exclusion from any form of European football leads the club to review its strategic plans, especially with the accounts for 2024-25 heading for around a €25m loss.
What this means, as Corriere dello Sport (via MilanNews) reports, is that the management might take the ‘easy route’ by using the sale of a star for big money to plug that gap. Reijnders is the number one candidate.
Reijnders: Pushed towards City?
After two years of registering a profit, things have taken a turn. As mentioned, a loss is expected for the current financial year and the €80m burned by the failure to qualify for the Champions League will not help the following year.
Faced with this scenario, the leadership finds itself oriented to sacrifice one of the big names and Reijnders is the obvious candidate. The Dutch midfielder, who recently signed a contract renewal until 2030, has been closely watched by Pep Guardiola and Manchester City for some time.
An offer from the English club is expected in the next few days: the first will be around €60m with the Milan management aiming to go up to €70m plus bonuses, a figure for which the deal could be closed and things could be put back in order from a financial point of view.
What will it mean for the sporting side of things? The squad will almost certainly get weaker, given that the idea of spending a huge amount on Reijnders’ replacement seems alien. Moreover, there are 15 goals (and counting) from this season to replace.