Tijjani Reijnders leaves Manchester City to join Saudi side Al Qadsiah

[p]28-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/reijnders-tijani/f17EnPl3/"]Reijnders[/a], who joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]Manchester City[/a] in 2025 for €55 million, cost [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-qadsiah/tvQZtrTd/"]Al Qadsiah[/a] approximately €60 million, according to reports. The Dutch midfielder will earn over €100 million over the span of his four-year contract.[/p][p]In his only year in Manchester, Reijnders started regularly but was phased out of the starting XI towards the end of the season. In 2026, Reijnders started just 5 league games under [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guardiola-pep/hxNijWrJ/"]Pep Guardiola[/a] and was an unused substitute in 9 of City's last 14 Premier League fixtures.[/p][p]Reijnders was not included in Manchester City's squad for last weekend's Community Shield.[/p][embed guid="303af42d-e73c-4f3b-9f81-78d24907fc96" url="https://x.com/Alqadsiah/status/2090091422963625985?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]At Al Qadsiah, Reijnders joins the likes of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/retegui-mateo/Grhjz8pS/"]Mateo Retegui[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nacho/8Wp8ZCLG/"]Nacho Fernandez[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/quinones-julian/dQkfXJPR/"]Julian Quinones[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/casteels-koen/21GK3tIU/"]Koen Casteels[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/weigl-julian/2wwMMwAa/"]Julian Weigl[/a], and former FC Utrecht full-back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/el-karouani-souffian/2a6uUHNC/"]Souffian El Karouani[/a]. The club finished fourth in the last two Saudi Pro League seasons.[/p][p]Al Qadsiah are led by Liverpool and Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers, who joined them in December 2025.[/p][p]Reijnders is the second Dutch international to move to Saudi Arabia this summer, following [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/summerville-crysencio/EaRET7t6/"]Crysencio Summerville[/a]. The World Cup standout for [i]Oranje[/i] joined Al Hilal for €64 million from West Ham.[/p][p]The Netherlands hired former Barcelona great [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/xavi/bs5KnIiT/"]Xavi Hernandez[/a] as its new manager after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koeman-ronald/vHeYAvb2/"]Ronald Koeman[/a]'s resignation. It is unclear whether Xavi will keep Reijnders and Summerville on his radar or look past them during their spells in Saudi Arabia.[/p][infobox id="a26dc69f-5d29-48c9-8d0f-786c18f76a2b" /]