MANCHESTER, England (AP) 鈥� Manchester City recouped about $70 million of its by selling Tijjani Reijnders on Wednesday to , owned by state oil giant .
and Al Qadsiah confirmed the 28-year-old Netherlands midfielder鈥檚 move on a five-year contract in .
The fee for Reijnders was reportedly 52 million pounds ($70 million), almost matching the sum City also got this week .
City and new coach Enzo Maresca have added England midfielder Elliot Anderson for 116 million pounds ($158 million) from Nottingham Forest and are reportedly pursuing Lille鈥檚 prized teenager Ayyoub Bouaddi, who impressed at the World Cup for Morocco.
Reijnders spent just one season in Manchester after joining from AC Milan and helped the team win both English domestic cup competitions.
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Reijnders played in all three of the Netherlands鈥� group-stage games at the World Cup then was benched in a Round-of-32 after a 1-1 draw. Morocco tied the game in stoppage time at the end of 90 minutes.
Al Qadsiah, in the coastal city Al Khobar, finished fourth in the Saudi Pro League last season and is coached by former Liverpool, Celtic and Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers.
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