In his interview with rivistaundici (read full statements HERE), Tijjani Reijnders spoke about a challenge that his father launched for him and his brother, Eliano, to kickstart their careers in a strong way.
For both Reijnders brothers, their father had devised a kind of challenge at the start of their careers:
"When I made it to the first team at AZ, my father told me: you have to make your presence felt on the pitch. For every two shots on goal, he’d give me €50, but if I didn’t manage it, I had to give him €50. In the end, I always managed, so he said: 'You’re costing me too much...'"