Manchester City’s summer recruitment campaign should start with the signing of the Tijjani Reijnders midfielder from AC Milan.
City and Milan are reported, via David Ornstein and Fabrizio Romano, for having agreed for 46.3 million pounds sterling for the Dutch international with the player who also managed to negotiate a five -year agreement in Etihad.
The 26 -year -old signed a five -year contract extension in Milan in March, but should now leave San Siro while Pep Guardiola continues to reshape his midfielder.
🚨🔵 Tijjani Reijnders in Manchester City, let’s go! Verbal agreement in place so that the Dutch midfielder can join #MCFC.
The agreement has almost done since yesterday, as revealed and now finalized for a package worth around 70 million euros.
Personal terms sealed a few days and formal steps to follow. pic.twitter.com/6p8oek78ai
– Fabrizio Romano (@fabrizioromano) June 4, 2025
Reijnders a key element in the reconstruction of the city
Kevin de Bruyne having left, Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva both on the wrong side of 30 and Rodri temporarily recovering from a long -term cross -ligament injury, the city needs fresh blood in the center of the field.
They signed Nico Gonzalez de Porto in January and, although he did not have an immediate impact, he should be among the three centrals in the future.
Reijnders is more a box-to-box player, as evidenced by his 15 goals for Milan last season.
City will seek to conclude the agreement in time so that the Reijnders join the team for the Club World Cup which begins at the end of next week.
The side of Guardiola was drawn in group G alongside Al Ain, Wydad Casablanca and Juventus.
