.Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 3, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClose u2022 Signed up with ESPN in 2011 u2022 Covered pair of Olympics, a pair of Rugby Globe Cups and two British & Irish Lions scenic tours u2022 Earlier rugby editor, and also came to be elderly writer in 2018Netherlands supervisor Ronald Koeman has claimed Steven Bergwijn prioritised economic ambition over his own featuring aspirations after accomplishing a EUR25 thousand ($ 27.6 m) move to Saudi Pro Game side Al Ittihad, adding he will rule out the onward for worldwide task for the direct future.Bergwijn's technique coming from Ajax to Al Ittihad was actually declared on Monday, and it has angered Koeman that said the move is actually various to the instance of Georginio Wijnaldum when he left behind PSG for Al Ettifaq in September 2023. Editor's Picks2 Related" Georginio Wijnaldum when went in this way considering that he had a complication at Paris Saint-Germain," Koeman pointed out. "He can merely head to that nation to participate in volleyball till January. In Bergwijn's situation is actually that he goes at the age of 26, sporting passion does certainly not dominate. Not everybody assumes, the good news is, similarly. I presume when you are actually 26 the principal ambition needs to be showing off as well as certainly not economic, but those are options gamers make." Bergwijn will definitely play under Laurent Blanc in Saudi Arabia in a team that features N'Golo Kantu00e9, Karim Benzema, Fabinho, Houssem Aouar, Predrag Rajkovic and also Moussa Diaby.Koeman said Bergwijn was actually certainly not duty-bound to use up the Saudi promotion." He could have stayed at Ajax, could not he? And I think they pay OK at Ajax also. Yet certainly, it's his selection," he said.Steven Bergwijn possesses 35 caps for Netherlands considering that creating his global launching in 2018. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images" I haven't been in that scenario myself. I could possibly go to Barcelona. I think if Bergwijn can possess headed to Barcelona, he would not have actually visited Saudi Arabia either." The action hopes to have hurt Bergwijn's odds of contributing to his 35 caps for the Netherlands." Guide is actually essentially shut for him, however," Koeman claimed of Bergwijn's worldwide chances. "He has actually certainly not contacted me about this. I assume he knows exactly how I think about this." On the other hand, leader Virgil truck Dijk has actually devoted his future to the Netherlands till the 2026 World Mug a minimum of, Koeman affirmed on Tuesday.Koeman mentioned he soared to Liverpool to possess face-to-face talks along with Truck Dijk." I assumed it was actually thus necessary to visit him to find as well as feel with him: are you visiting provide it your all for yet another two years at the highest level and also perform you still view a future on your own? As well as he performs. And I do the exact same along with him. All uncertainty is actually gone, he just happens," Koeman stated." He confessed he did not reach the degree you will expect from him as a gamer at the International Championship. As captain, I think he carried out a wonderful project. But maybe because of this, he placed excessive energy into others as opposed to into himself.".