Manchester Metropolis have agreed to promote Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders to Saudi membership Al-Qadsiah in one of many greatest offers of the summer season window, with all events reaching a remaining verbal settlement.
Trusted Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano, the go-to supply on European transfers, reviews that the English membership will financial institution round 61 million euros for releasing the participant. Each golf equipment have already begun exchanging official paperwork, with remaining signatures and an announcement anticipated within the coming hours.
Reijnders skipped his facet’s coaching as we speak, Romano revealed on X, a transparent signal the deal is sort of finished. The midfielder now awaits the inexperienced mild to fly to Saudi Arabia, be part of Al-Qadsiah and full his routine medical.
Few strikes this window carry the identical weight. The charge alone displays the participant’s technical worth, nevertheless it additionally underlines how Saudi golf equipment maintain prising top-tier stars away from Europe’s greatest leagues.
Reijnders had arrived at Metropolis as a key midfield presence and produced eye-catching shows that turned heads throughout Europe. Al-Qadsiah’s tempting supply and bold sporting venture in the end swayed him in the direction of the Saudi Professional League.
His arrival ought to hand Al-Qadsiah a severe technical increase because the membership purpose to problem for the highest locations subsequent season and inventory their squad with world-class names able to making a distinction.
Ayoub Bouaddi the acceptable alternative
On the Etihad, in the meantime, the hierarchy have began drawing up a plan to rebuild the midfield across the void the Dutchman leaves behind.
Reijnders solely joined from Milan 12 months in the past, but his output by no means matched the expectations of Metropolis’s administration. He did not persuade the decision-makers he may assure his place long run.
Metropolis have subsequently positioned promising Moroccan Ayoub Bouaddi, the jewel of French facet Lille, on the prime of their shortlist to switch him. Chelsea’s Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernandez stays firmly on the negotiating desk too.
