Guardiola wants AC Milan star to replace De Bruyne

Pep Guardiola is AC Milan for the long-term inheritor of Kevin De Bruyne who will go away Man Metropolis on the finish of the season.

Manchester Metropolis and Kevin De Bruyne will half methods on the finish of the season after ten superb seasons collectively. The Belgian ace has been Manchester Metropolis’s key participant since becoming a member of them in 2025. The 33-year-old attacking midfielder has performed a pivotal function for the Residents and has collected seven Premier League trophies and one Champions League throughout his spell. Nonetheless, Manchester Metropolis have determined to not renew his contract and let him go away on a free switch.

Pep Guardiola is able to spend large this summer season to be able to discover a substitute for Kevin De Bruyne and Sheikh Mansour will again him on what is anticipated to be luxurious switch window for the English heavyweights. Florian Wirtz, who was reported to be Guardiola’s primary selection, prefers a transfer to Bayern Munich as an alternative. Beneath such circumstances Manchester Metropolis have utterly shifter their give attention to Tijjani Reijnders who’s having a sensational season on a private degree.

Manchester Metropolis’s incoming sporting director Hugo Viana and his scouts have been monitoring Reijnders on quite a few events in line with stories from England. Whereas Reijnders began as a central midfielder he transitioned to a extra attacking function with the arrival of coach Fonseca and retained the identical function below Sergio Conceicao. It was Fonseca that liberated Tijjani Reijnders from a few of his defensive duties and inspired him to shoot extra usually on purpose. A transfer that paid good-looking dividends this season.

Tijjani Reijnders has scored 15 targets and has supplied 5 assists to date. The Netherlands midfielder is AC Milan’s second finest purpose scorer with solely Pulisic recording higher numbers that him. An announcement efficiency in opposition to Actual Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu solely elevated Manchester Metropolis’s curiosity in his providers. Contact has already been established between the events stories Workforce Discuss.

Tijjani Reijnders prolonged his contract with AC Milan till 2023 with a rise wage only a few weeks in the past. Nonetheless, the renewal has not stopped Man Metropolis of their pursuit of the Dutch midfielder. Solely a file switch price would persuade AC Milan to sit down on the negotiation desk and Manchester Metropolis are able to spend as much as €80 million to safe a top quality inheritor Kevin De Bruyne.

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