Izuchukwu OkosiManchester City are poised to confirm the signing of AC Milan and Dutch midfielder, Tijjani Reijnders, for the sum of €55m (about £46.3m).
City who were deposed as Premier League champions by Liverpool in the recently concluded 2024/2025 season are gearing up for the FIFA Club World Cup in the USA.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelAccording to reports monitored in the English media, the languid midfielder whose name was given to him by his dad who was an ardent fan of former Nigeria international Tijjani Babaginda whilst he played for Ajax FC in the Eredevisie will sign a five-year contract at City.
Manager Pep Guardiola will be without Mateo Kovacic for the Club World Cup who has been ruled out of the tournament after undergoing Achilles surgery.
City will not have the influential Kevin de Bruyne after he ran down his contract at the Etihad.
De Bruyne is expected to sign a contract at Serie A champions Napoli and work under manager Antonio Conte.
Reijnders has been capped 22 times by the Dutch national team and scored 15 goals in all competitions for the Rossoneri last season.
The midfielder was named the Serie A midfielder of the season.
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Ballon d’Or winner Rodri is expected back in action for Manchester City ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup and is set to play in a deep lying midfield position with Reijnders ahead of him with his ball-carrying abilities.
Reijnders previously played for AZ Alkmaar and PEC Zwolle before making the move to Ajax.
Reijnders was also linked with a move to Liverpool and Barcelona as the summer transfer window kicks in.
The transfer window is opened temporarily between June 1 and June 10 – four days before the FIFA Club World Cup begins.
The window then returns on June 16 until the end of August 2025.
There have been some confirmed deals already in the short window thus far.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
