Tijjani Reijnders has officially joined Mateo Retegui’s Al-Qadsiah for €61m from Manchester City, meaning Milan turned a total profit of €56m from his sale.
The midfielder has decided to come to the Saudi Pro League just weeks after turning 28, and a year on from his move to Manchester City.
That had been organised for €54.9m plus up to €14m in various performance-related bonuses.
Why Milan profit from Reijnders sale
Although in theory Manchester City’s sale to Al-Qadsiah for €61m is a profit, that is really not the case due to a specific clause that the Rossoneri had put in.
They anticipated this could happen, and asked Manchester City to guarantee that if the player was sold the next year, then the entire €14m package of add-ons would need to be paid.
Those had been set to activate only for things like number of appearances and team objectives, including Champions League victories and even the Ballon d’Or.
Although none of those came to fruition, Manchester City still have to pay them all to Milan.
The €14m therefore takes the total fee paid to Milan for Reijnders up to almost €70m, significantly less than Manchester City are pocketing from Al-Qadsiah.
It also means that as Milan paid €13m to buy the Dutchman from AZ Alkmaar in the summer of 2023, they made a massive profit of €56m.
Reijnders doesn’t do too badly out of it either, with reports his salary will reach €100m by the end of the five-year contract.
His new teammate is Italy international striker Mateo Retegui.
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