Tijjani Reijnders of Netherlands celebrates scoring his crew’s first objective through the UEFA Nations League 2024/25 League A Group A3 match in opposition to Germany at Johan Cruijff ArenA on September 10, 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photograph by Alex Grimm/Getty Pictures)
It seems pretty clear that Arne Slot needs a inventive midfield participant at Liverpool this summer time, however the Reds are set to overlook out on Tijjani Reijnders.
Arne Slot had deliberate to strengthen his midfield prior to now, nonetheless, it was reported a number of months in the past that Reijnders was near extending his AC Milan contract.
Arsenal had additionally been linked with the 26-year-old central midfielder, and it now seems that each Premier League golf equipment is likely to be out of luck.
Liverpool goal Tijjani Reijnders is about to signal a brand new AC Milan deal
That’s as a result of, as Fabrizio Romano reported on X, the participant is predicted to place pen to paper on a brand new take care of the Serie A giants quickly.
????? Tijjani Reijnders can even signal new deal at AC Milan till June 2030.
It’s all verbally agreed as revealed final 12 months, now set to be formally sealed. pic.twitter.com/dhStR3Cwgj
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 18, 2025
A deal till 2030 has been agreed, and that might see the Reds pivot and attempt to signal Reijnders’ countryman, Frenkie de Jong, from Barcelona.
TeamTalk go so far as to say that Liverpool will bid for the participant this summer time as they view his potential €35m/£29m switch price as truthful, nonetheless, a stumbling block to any deal might be the participant’s obvious unwillingness to take a pay lower to maneuver elsewhere.
Reijnders resolution may see a pivot to countryman de Jong
Certainly, it’s understood that de Jong would like to see out his contract at Barcelona, and provided that he’s incomes €365,385/£304,298 per week (Capology), one can respect the logic behind such a call.
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Solely Mo Salah presently at Liverpool presently earns greater than de Jong (£350,000 per week by way of Capology), with captain Virgil van Dijk coming in at a paltry (by comparability) £220,000 per week.
Each different Liverpool participant earns £180,000 per week or much less, so the notion that the Dutchman isn’t prone to settle for a pay lower – Barcelona are believed to have trued and failed – just about guidelines out a transfer to Anfield.
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Assuming there’s no motion from de Jong to just accept diminished phrases, and given Reijnders’ contract resolution, the Reds may have to rethink their summer time switch technique.