Tijjani Reijnders has admitted frustration over his restricted recreation time for Netherlands amid stiff competitors in midfield forward of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Reijnders joined Manchester Metropolis from AC Milan in June and has been one among Hugo Viana’s hallmark additions within the Portuguese’s first summer time because the membership’s new director of soccer after the departure of long-serving official Txiki Begiristain.
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The 26-year-old made a robust begin to life in England however has since struggled for normal begins as he adapts to the calls for of the Premier League, having raised expectations among the many Manchester Metropolis fanbase with a sequence of spectacular shows on the FIFA Membership World Cup in the US and in pre-season.
Metropolis made a robust begin to their Premier League marketing campaign with a 4-0 thrashing of Wolves on the Molineux Stadium, the place Reijnders put the strugglers to the sword with an all-time nice English top-flight debut.
The Blues then went on an detached run of kind, with subsequent losses to Tottenham and Brighton leaving Pep Guardiola’s males within the backside half of the desk and elevating considerations over Manchester Metropolis’s defensive frailties – which have been a key shortcoming of their dismal 2024-25 marketing campaign.
Nevertheless, Metropolis have turned a nook since September and a sensational run of 11 wins in 14 video games in all competitions has given the Blues a platform to problem league leaders Arsenal for the Premier League and put the Blues in pole place to qualify for the UEFA Champions League Spherical of 16 stage.
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Reijnders have lower a irritating determine for Metropolis in latest months and Guardiola has allowed the Netherlands worldwide to play his manner again to kind, with targets scarce from midfield and Erling Haaland shouldering a worrying quantity of goalscoring accountability.
Metropolis entered the worldwide break with a fantastic pair of house wins over Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, with Reijnders organising Phil Foden twice in opposition to the previous and settling for a spot on the bench in opposition to the Premier League champions, although he has accepted that being in and out of the starting XI is part and parcel of playing for a big club.
Reijnders has discovered minutes arduous to come back by for Netherlands in latest months amid stiff competitors from the likes of Frenkie de Jong and Ryan Gravenberch. After scoring and offering an help in a 16 minute cameo in opposition to Lithuania this week, the midfielder broke his silence on the Nationwide Workforce scenario.
“I used to be a bit irritated, sure. I actually need to play, and that’s why I wished to point out myself right now. It felt a bit like I needed to pause for a second. I used to be positively further keen, sure. You need to make your mark immediately, particularly since I didn’t begin the final match,” the Manchester Metropolis star stated after the win, as quoted by Voetbal Primeur and relayed by Sport Witness.
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“In case you take a look at the squad, we now have a really broad squad with gamers who all play at a really excessive stage. So, it will possibly occur that you find yourself on the bench. It was as much as me to point out why I need to be within the beginning lineup, in my view.
“It’s good that the nationwide coach (Ronald Koeman) is having a tough time with the choices he has to make.”
