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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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