.Tom Hamilton, Senior Citizen WriterSep 3, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClose u2022 Participated in ESPN in 2011 u2022 Dealt with two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and pair of British & Irish Lions trips u2022 Recently rugby editor, as well as came to be elderly author in 2018Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman has actually said Steven Bergwijn prioritised financial ambition over his own sporting goals after accomplishing a EUR25 thousand ($ 27.6 m) transfer to Saudi Pro Organization edge Al Ittihad, incorporating he will definitely rule out the onward for global duty for the direct future.Bergwijn's step coming from Ajax to Al Ittihad was actually announced on Monday, and it has outraged Koeman who stated the move is actually various to the situation of Georginio Wijnaldum when he left PSG for Al Ettifaq in September 2023. Editor's Picks2 Related" Georginio Wijnaldum the moment went that way due to the fact that he had a concern at Paris Saint-Germain," Koeman pointed out. "He could simply go to that country to play football till January. In Bergwijn's instance is actually that he goes at the age of 26, showing off ambition performs not dominate. Certainly not every person assumes, thankfully, similarly. I assume when you are actually 26 the principal aspiration needs to be sporting as well as not economic, but those are actually options players create." Bergwijn will certainly play under Laurent Blanc in Saudi Arabia in a staff that consists of N'Golo Kantu00e9, Karim Benzema, Fabinho, Houssem Aouar, Predrag Rajkovic as well as Moussa Diaby.Koeman claimed Bergwijn was not duty-bound to take up the Saudi offer." He could have remained at Ajax, could not he? And I believe they pay out OK at Ajax too. Yet yes, it's his option," he said.Steven Bergwijn has 35 limits for Netherlands since producing his worldwide launching in 2018. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images" I have not been in that scenario myself. I might go to Barcelona. I believe if Bergwijn could have headed to Barcelona, he definitely would not have actually gone to Saudi Arabia either." The relocation wants to have actually injured Bergwijn's opportunities of contributing to his 35 caps for the Netherlands." The book is actually basically finalized for him, though," Koeman claimed of Bergwijn's global opportunities. "He has actually not contacted me regarding this. I assume he knows how I deal with this." Meanwhile, leader Virgil truck Dijk has actually committed his future to the Netherlands up until the 2026 Globe Cup at least, Koeman verified on Tuesday.Koeman stated he soared to Liverpool to have face-to-face talks along with Van Dijk." I thought it was therefore vital to visit him to find as well as pity him: are you going to provide it your all for yet another 2 years at the highest level and perform you still view a future on your own? And he does. And I carry out the same along with him. All question is actually gone, he merely goes on," Koeman pointed out." He accepted he carried out not get to the degree you would certainly expect from him as a player at the International Championship. As captain, I presume he carried out a terrific task. However possibly because of this, he placed a lot of power in to others instead of in to themself.".