Tijjani Reijnders on the brink of leaving Man City in £50m deal just a year after joining

Manchester City are set to sell Tijjani Reijnders to Al Qadsiah after agreeing a £51m deal.

The midfielder has accepted personal terms with the Saudi Arabian club as he will leave the Etihad Stadium after just a year.

City, whose midfield overhaul is continuing, will make a profit on Reijnders, who cost £46.5m when he joined from AC Milan last summer.

Tijjani Reijnders could be headed for the Etihad exit door(Getty)

And his departure will mean they have brought in around £100m in transfer fees this window, with Nathan Ake’s sale to Fenerbahce and James Trafford’s move to Leeds.

Reijnders, who had also attracted interest from Nottingham Forest, scored seven goals in 50 games for City.

But he lost his place last season, with former manager Pep Guardiola preferring to pair captain Bernardo Silva with Rodri.

And while Silva is gone and Rodri, who is a target for Barcelona, could follow, City have signed Elliot Anderson from Forest for £116m.

They are also interested in other midfielders, including Morocco’s Ayyoub Bouaddi and Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez, and could put the fee from Reijnders towards a replacement.

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