Manchester Metropolis reject Tijjani Reijnders has admitted that he moved to Saudi Arabia for the huge monetary advantages.
The 28-year-old midfielder left Man Metropolis over the summer season for the comparatively unknown Saudi outfit Al-Qadsiah in a £52million deal.
He spent only a season on the Etihad and, regardless of a vastly spectacular debut after becoming a member of them from AC Milan for £46.5m, he struggled to make a constant affect throughout his 50 appearances.
Reijnders is on a five-year contract with Al-Qadsiah, who’re managed by Brendan Rodgers, and is reportedly set to earn round £86million over the half-decade.
Now a month into his time there, he stated: ‘As soon as my enjoying profession is over, I don’t wish to need to work anymore.
‘After all, I in all probability wouldn’t have wanted to work anymore after my contract at Manchester Metropolis both, however this transfer permits me to safe the way forward for the following generations of my household.
Former Manchester Metropolis midfielder Tijjani Reijnders has admitted he moved to Saudi Arabia for the cash
He says he desires to safe generational wealth, pondering forward to his future grandchildren
‘I’m not going to lie about that. By signing this contract, I can be sure that even my grandchildren are financially safe, so why wouldn’t I do it?’
He presently has one son, Xavien, along with his spouse Marina. Talking about what attracted him to the membership in August, Reijnders was not so fast to say money.
He stated on the time: ‘Particularly the ambition of the membership (is what attracted me).
‘The membership desires to be the most important in Asia and what they did already previously and what we will do now sooner or later, it triggered me quite a bit.
‘And, yeah, I wish to assist the membership to carry it to the best degree.
‘I got here right here to attempt to win trophies with my teammates – we’re enjoying for 4 trophies, if I am proper.
‘We wish to win as many as doable and we’re all very keen to do this. And, personally, I hope I might help the staff as a lot as doable with objectives and assists.’
The Netherlands worldwide has scored three objectives in 5 Saudi Professional League outings for Al-Qadsiah, who additionally characteristic within the AFC Champions League.
They’re presently fourth within the Saudi Professional League, the place they’ve completed for the final two seasons.
The membership is owned by the Saudi Arabian Oil Firm, the bulk state-owned petroleum and pure gasoline agency.
They don’t have as many large names as a few of their Center Jap counterparts however do have some revered faces from round Europe, similar to former Spain and Italy defender Nacho Fernandez and Italy striker Mario Retegui.
Reijnders performed three matches for the Netherlands on the World Cup.
