Marciano Vink is full of praise for Tijjani Reijnders. revealed Tuesday The Telegraph that the team from Amsterdam has set their sights on the arrival of the AZ midfielder. Vink calls Reijnders ‘potentially one of the most beautiful players to watch for big clubs in the Netherlands’.
Vink puts Reijnders in a row with Taylor Booth (FC Utrecht), Ramiz Zerrouki (FC Twente), Milan van Ewijk (sc Heerenveen), Million Manhoef (Vitessse) and Thijmen Blokzijl (FC Groningen). “These are interesting players at clubs outside the traditional top three. I think Reijnders is the most interesting of them,” adds the analyst Football talk. What he has done at AZ in the past two years… The development he has gone through. He is everywhere on the field.”
According to The Telegraph Ajax wants to prepare for a departure from Edson Álvarez by bringing in the midfielder from AZ, who is expected to close the door behind him next summer. However, according to Vink, Reijnders is not a direct successor to the Mexican. “He has a bit of Álvarez and a bit of Berghuis, with a functional technique and a good shot. Those types are highly sought after. They are looking for these kinds of players everywhere.” Sources reported last week Football zone that Napoli, Bologna and Fiorentina were in the stands for Reijnders during the Conference League match against Lazio (1-2 win).
“He is potentially one of the most beautiful players to watch for big clubs in the Netherlands,” says Vink. Kees Luijckx, also present at the talk show op ESPN, however, believes that Ajax would be better off going for FC Twente’s Zerrouki. “Zerrouki is a very targeted purchase. Reijnders is a fantastic player, changeable, but really an all-round player. I think he is not specific enough for any of the midfield positions at Ajax.”