Tijjani Reijnders’ improvement this season has been so evident, and AC Milan are jubilant about his meteoric rise this year, after all, the proof is there for all to see.
With midfielders, the main test is usually that of the eye. It is often a role more easily rated by actually watching games, rather than obsessing over stats. Of course, the latter helps build a rating of the player.
For Reijnders, watching him last season proved that Milan made a fantastic purchase. A tenacious midfielder who showed a lot of completeness, perhaps without the statistical backing though, but this season, that has changed.
Being deployed in a more ‘fixed’ position – though this is debatable since Sergio Conceicao’s arrival – he has found a second lease in a Rossoneri shirt, and the biggest rise in his game has been his goalscoring.
In the Derby della Madonnina, he scored his seventh goal of the season, which is the most of any midfielder in Serie A, as Milan News write, and this weekend, he will be looking for a record.
Throughout his career, goals have somewhat eluded him, especially on a regular basis, and this is why he has a chance to break a personal record this weekend. If he scores against Empoli, he will have scored three games in a row, a career first, and with his recent form, it would not be a shock if he did.
