Pep Guardiola is looking at AC Milan for the long-term heir of Kevin De Bruyne who will leave Man City at the end of the season.
Manchester City and Kevin De Bruyne will part ways at the end of the season after ten glorious seasons together. The Belgian ace has been Manchester City’s key player since joining them in 2025. The 33-year-old attacking midfielder has played a pivotal role for the Citizens and has collected seven Premier League trophies and one Champions League during his spell. Nevertheless, Manchester City have decided to not renew his contract and let him leave on a free transfer.
Pep Guardiola is ready to spend big this summer in order to find a replacement for Kevin De Bruyne and Sheikh Mansour will back him on what is expected to be luxurious transfer window for the English heavyweights. Florian Wirtz, who was reported to be Guardiola’s number one choice, prefers a move to Bayern Munich instead. Under such circumstances Manchester City have completely shifter their focus on Tijjani Reijnders who is having a sensational season on a personal level.
Manchester City’s incoming sporting director Hugo Viana and his scouts have been monitoring Reijnders on numerous occasions according to reports from England. While Reijnders started as a central midfielder he transitioned to a more attacking role with the arrival of coach Fonseca and retained the same role under Sergio Conceicao. It was Fonseca that liberated Tijjani Reijnders from some of his defensive responsibilities and encouraged him to shoot more often on goal. A move that paid handsome dividends this season.
Tijjani Reijnders has scored 15 goals and has provided 5 assists so far. The Netherlands midfielder is AC Milan’s second best goal scorer with only Pulisic recording better numbers that him. A statement performance against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu only increased Manchester City’s interest in his services. Contact has already been established between the parties reports Team Talk.
Tijjani Reijnders extended his contract with AC Milan until 2023 with an increase salary just a few weeks ago. Nevertheless, the renewal has not stopped Man City in their pursuit of the Dutch midfielder. Only a record transfer fee would convince AC Milan to sit on the negotiation table and Manchester City are ready to spend up to €80 million to secure a quality heir Kevin De Bruyne.
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