Tijjani Reijnders will endure a medical with Manchester City on Sunday earlier than returning to the Netherlands nationwide staff camp later within the day.
Sources advised ESPN earlier within the week that Metropolis and AC Milan had agreed a deal price €55 million ($62m) for the midfielder, who is ready to signal a five-year contract.
Talking after the Netherlands’ 2-0 World Cup qualifying win towards Finland on Saturday, Reijnders stated: “[On Sunday] I am going to fly to Manchester from right here after which again to Zeist (Netherlands base camp for the nationwide staff) within the night.
“All the things is ready and deliberate to do it inside a day. So I will be again [with the national team on Sunday].
Reijnders additionally confirmed Metropolis have been in a rush to finish the deal forward of the Membership World Cup switch window closing on Tuesday.
“Sure, the registration closes so it needed to go as quickly as attainable,” he stated, earlier than expressing his pleasure at linking up with Metropolis forward of their journey to the U.S. for the match.
“Sure after all, I’ll get to know the boys higher instantly. I do know [Netherlands international] Nathan Aké, however I believe it is good for me to take part.”
Metropolis’s first recreation will likely be towards Wydad AC on June 18. Nonetheless, participant registration for the match closes on June 10.
Reijnders scored 10 targets in 37 Serie A appearances this season. He beforehand performed within the Eredivisie with AZ Alkmaar and PEC Zwolle.
Info from ESPN’s Rob Dawson was used on this report.