Tijjani Reijnders: the presentation press conference

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00:00 Welcome to the press conference for Tijani Reinders,

00:03 Milan's new Dutch midfielder.

00:06 Ciao Tijani, welcome again.

00:10 The Rossoneri fans welcomed you with great affection on the social media.

00:14 I ask you if you have the same impression.

00:18 And the second question is, can you describe us your first days

00:22 here in Milanello, the meeting with coach Pioli, the meeting with your teammates

00:27 and with all the people that work in the training centre?

00:30 Yes, it's of course beautiful if the fans welcome me like this.

00:34 It's very nice, makes me proud.

00:37 The first days were very good.

00:41 Had some good talking with my with the coach, Mr.

00:44 Pioli, and my teammates also welcomed me very well.

00:48 So I feel directly at home.

00:51 Pepe de Cepão Sky. Ciao.

00:56 Ciao.

00:57 Milan's history is famous.

01:01 I'm sure you know it.

01:02 There have been lots of players from the Netherlands, Dutch players, great players,

01:06 especially in midfield.

01:08 Frank Rijkjaard, Clarence Seedorf, Mark van Bommel,

01:12 Nigel de Jong, the most recent.

01:16 Do you feel or what?

01:19 How does this make you feel?

01:20 Because Milan fans have got a really good relationship with Dutch players.

01:24 They've all made history.

01:25 What does this make you feel?

01:28 Yes, of course.

01:29 I saw when I was younger, also clips of of those kind of players.

01:34 I still watch them sometimes.

01:36 Are great players.

01:37 And what they did also for this club is unbelievable.

01:41 What you say?

01:42 Legendary players.

01:43 And yeah, I don't want to compare myself with them,

01:47 but I hope I will also do good things here at AC Milan

01:51 and win prizes with this club.

01:54 We saw a lot of clips of you.

01:58 We saw you as a protagonist in the European Cup against an Italian team.

02:02 You were a protagonist this season or last season against an Italian club.

02:06 What kind of player are you?

02:08 Could you play in a 4-3-3 under Stefano Pioli or a 4-2-3-1?

02:12 Please, can you tell us what kind of player you are?

02:16 Mr. Pioli said you could also play in attacking midfield and score goals.

02:21 Yes, I'm thinking now I'm a modern midfielder, a box-to-box player

02:25 who likes to attack, but also come back in the defensive line

02:30 before the defensive line.

02:33 But yeah, my qualities are more in the attacking side and create chances.

02:38 Luca Bianchini, Gazette.

02:49 You apparently said no to Barcelona FC.

02:53 Can you tell us if that's true or any more information about you refusing

02:56 or turning down FC Barcelona?

02:59 In the beginning, I had some good talkings with Joffrey Moungata and Mr.

03:04 Pioli, the style of play, what they expect from me as a midfielder.

03:09 And yeah, that made for me the choice.

03:11 Yeah, more easy.

03:14 Besides, yeah, this is a wonderful club to play for.

03:17 Fidel Cossala, Dazone.

03:22 You played Lazio recently, last season,

03:29 and that gave you a taste of Italian football.

03:31 What do you think?

03:33 What's your expectations?

03:35 What do you think you'll have to work hard on to improve

03:38 that will be different from the Dutch league?

03:41 What do you think the differences will be in things you might find tougher?

03:46 Yeah, of course.

03:48 Yeah, Dutch football is, I think, much more free,

03:52 like the position game, it's more free.

03:55 And I think here in the Italian league, in Serie A,

03:58 I can focus more on the tactical side and make myself a more complete player as well.

04:05 Misculiosi Sport Itali.

04:09 Ciao, Tiziani, benvenuto.

04:13 You spoke about your position.

04:15 Ruben Lofters-Cheek has a similar position to you.

04:18 He's another player who's recently joined Milan

04:21 central midfield and getting forward.

04:24 What kind of project has Stefano Pioli spoken to you about for the midfield?

04:30 And do you hope to be a major part of that midfield reshuffle?

04:34 Thank you.

04:38 Yeah, he wants to play with two attacking midfielders

04:43 who are capable of creating chances.

04:47 And yeah, of course.

04:49 Sometimes if one midfielder goes, some midfielder has to stay behind

04:53 to protect also the counter.

04:55 And yeah, there we have to find the balance as a team.

04:58 And yeah, we will do it on the training.

05:00 Cuomo, Telenobardia.

05:04 Ciao, Tiziani.

05:05 Noi in Italia abbiamo conosciuto Kopminers.

05:08 We got to know Kopminers who joined Atalanta from AZ Alkmaar

05:14 and we were very impressed with him.

05:17 Do you consider yourself similar to Kopminers in any way

05:24 or are there any major differences?

05:26 And what kind of role are you happy to fulfil for Milan?

05:30 Between me and Kopminers,

05:33 I don't think we have a similar play of football.

05:38 He's slightly different.

05:40 He's more like a powerhouse, what I can say,

05:42 with a very good kick, shoot.

05:45 Yeah, I am more the, I would like to say, a creative player

05:50 who loves to create chances or dribbling.

05:54 Today I don't play the game.

05:57 I just had my first training

05:58 with guys who also came back from the international.

06:02 And I fly tomorrow also to the USA.

06:06 Cristão, Radio Rosso Negro.

06:10 Ciao, Tiziani, benvenuto.

06:11 Io volevo chiederti una cosa sulla tua ultima stagione,

06:14 forse la più importante.

06:15 Last season, for you, was perhaps the most important of your career.

06:19 What happened? What clicked?

06:21 Did you suddenly have more faith in yourself

06:24 or were you settled off the pitch

06:25 or did you have more trust from your manager, your coach?

06:28 What happened last season?

06:30 Yes, of course.

06:32 The season before, I had a lot of,

06:35 yeah, I went in as a substitution a lot of times.

06:38 And last season, I really had the feeling like,

06:40 OK, I'm now fully a starting 11 player.

06:44 And that gave me a lot of confidence.

06:47 Also, the team gave me a lot of confidence

06:51 in giving me a lot of ball possession

06:54 to create chances or making the goals.

06:58 And yeah, that was the turning point for me to,

07:02 yeah, accelerate more.

07:03 Danielo Longo.

07:07 Ciao, Gianni, benvenuto al Milan.

07:10 Ti volevo chiedere se hai sentito qualche compagno di squadro...

07:13 Have you spoken to any teammates or Dutch players

07:18 in the Nations League to ask them about AC Milan?

07:21 Did they say anything interesting to you about AC Milan?

07:26 Yeah, in the Dutch squad, I talked with Koopman, of course,

07:29 because I already knew him.

07:31 Yeah, he told me, besides the fantastic life as a football player,

07:37 you also have the cultural part, which is very nice here in Italy.

07:40 And yeah, what he said about Serie A,

07:42 yeah, it's a great league to develop yourself.

07:45 And yeah, if you can play for AC Milan,

07:48 yeah, you won't think twice.

07:50 Let's go to Stefano Bressi.

07:55 Ciao, benvenuto.

07:56 Volevo chiederti, qual è la tua caratteristica principale...

07:59 What's your main characteristic?

08:03 And returning to a previous question,

08:06 lots of Dutch players at Milan in the past.

08:09 Who is the previous Dutch player at Milan

08:11 that you think you are closest to in style?

08:14 Yeah, my most important thing,

08:17 what I want to bring in the game is to create chances.

08:20 It's with Fission in passing or, yeah, Dribbble.

08:24 What I also very like.

08:26 And yeah, I have to apply that as well here at AC Milan

08:31 as I did for us at Alkmaar.

08:34 Seedorf was also a great player.

08:37 But yeah, it's difficult.

08:39 I think it's difficult to compare players with each other.

08:42 Antonello Gioia.

08:47 Ciao, Dijani, benvenuto.

08:49 Ciao.

08:50 Ti volevo chiedere prima, hai detto che...

08:53 Before you said Mr Piolli intends to put you in

08:57 with another attacking midfielder.

09:00 Are you the player that can break the lines

09:02 with Ruben Loftus-Cheek?

09:04 Also, I'd love to know,

09:06 is there any teammate you are particularly interested

09:09 about playing with?

09:10 Raphael, Leao, Christian Pulisic.

09:13 Is there anyone you are very keen to team up with?

09:15 Yeah, of course.

09:19 I saw also the games from AC Milan last season

09:23 in the Champions League and in the league.

09:26 And yeah, of course you see players like Rafa,

09:29 Rafa Leao, Theo Hernandez.

09:31 Yeah, those are players I would love to play with in the field.

09:35 And yeah, I can't wait to start playing the games.

09:38 Andiamo da Martin Sartori.

09:42 Ciao, Dijani, benvenuto al Milan.

09:45 Io volevo chiederti, secondo te, che punto sei della tua carriera?

09:49 At what point in your career do you think you are?

09:52 You've made the step from AZ Alkmaar to Milan.

09:55 At what step are you in your career, do you think?

09:58 I think it's the next step for me to develop even more as a football player.

10:02 Of course, last season I had a great season.

10:05 And also for AZ, what we did in the Conference League.

10:09 And yeah, I see this as a step for my development.

10:13 And yeah, really go for prizes.

10:16 Alfonso Sciascia.

10:20 Ciao, Dijani.

10:21 Sappiamo che ti piace tanto tirare in porta.

10:24 We know you love shooting on goal.

10:26 And you're very good at set-pieces and free kicks.

10:30 And this team has had some great set-piece players.

10:33 Pirlo, David Beckham.

10:34 What's your view on this?

10:36 Yeah, that's something I practice in training, what I do.

10:42 And yeah, a kick like Pirlo is not something that everyone has, of course.

10:50 And yeah, for me it's to make it my own way.

10:53 And yeah, I hope to help the team.

10:55 Let's close with a question from Carlo Perlegati.

11:00 Good morning.

11:02 I went to see and I read 'Golden Delicious Rinders'.

11:09 And I said, what are they?

11:10 They're Dutch apples.

11:13 There are some Dutch apples called 'Golden Delicious Rinders'.

11:17 Would you like to be the 'Golden Delicious' of Milan's midfield?

11:23 And what excites you about Italian football?

11:28 And also what perhaps is something you think could be quite difficult in Italian football?

11:33 I hope also that I will be the 'Golden Delicious Rinders'.

11:36 Yeah, I'm not quite quickly in doubt or fear of making mistakes or something.

11:45 So yeah, I want to be confident off the pitch and in the pitch.

11:51 And yeah, that's what I want to show.

11:52 If I play with a smile on my face, then people know I'm doing well.

11:57 Thank you.

12:00 Thank you, Tijani. Thank you all.

12:04 Thank you for watching the press conference for Tijan Reinders.

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