.Tom Hamilton, Senior Citizen WriterSep 3, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClose u2022 Participated in ESPN in 2011 u2022 Dealt with 2 Olympics, a pair of Rugby Globe Cups and also 2 British & Irish Lions scenic tours u2022 Earlier rugby editor, and also came to be senior article writer in 2018Netherlands supervisor Ronald Koeman has actually claimed Steven Bergwijn prioritised economic objective over his own showing off desires after finishing a EUR25 million ($ 27.6 m) move to Saudi Pro League side Al Ittihad, incorporating he will not consider the onward for global obligation for the direct future.Bergwijn's step from Ajax to Al Ittihad was declared on Monday, and also it has outraged Koeman that mentioned the move is different to the situation of Georginio Wijnaldum when he left PSG for Al Ettifaq in September 2023. Publisher's Picks2 Related" Georginio Wijnaldum the moment went that way since he had an issue at Paris Saint-Germain," Koeman mentioned. "He can only head to that nation to play soccer up until January. In Bergwijn's situation is that he addresses the grow older of 26, featuring aspiration does certainly not prevail. Not every person thinks, thankfully, similarly. I presume when you are 26 the principal aspiration ought to be featuring and also certainly not monetary, but those are options players make." Bergwijn is going to participate in under Laurent Blanc in Saudi Arabia in a group that features N'Golo Kantu00e9, Karim Benzema, Fabinho, Houssem Aouar, Predrag Rajkovic as well as Moussa Diaby.Koeman mentioned Bergwijn was certainly not duty-bound to take up the Saudi provide." He could have stayed at Ajax, couldn't he? As well as I believe they spend OK at Ajax as well. Yet of course, it's his option," he said.Steven Bergwijn possesses 35 caps for Netherlands considering that producing his worldwide debut in 2018. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images" I haven't been in that situation myself. I might most likely to Barcelona. I assume if Bergwijn could have headed to Barcelona, he wouldn't have mosted likely to Saudi Arabia either." The step wants to have injured Bergwijn's possibilities of including in his 35 caps for the Netherlands." The book is primarily closed for him, though," Koeman claimed of Bergwijn's worldwide possibilities. "He has actually not called me concerning this. I presume he knows just how I consider this." In the meantime, captain Virgil van Dijk has actually dedicated his future to the Netherlands until the 2026 Globe Cup a minimum of, Koeman affirmed on Tuesday.Koeman said he soared to Liverpool to possess face-to-face talks with Vehicle Dijk." I believed it was so vital to go to him to observe and also pity him: are you mosting likely to offer it your all for yet another pair of years at the highest degree and do you still see a future for yourself? And also he performs. And I do the same with him. All uncertainty is gone, he merely takes place," Koeman stated." He acknowledged he performed not get to the amount you would certainly expect from him as a gamer at the International Champion. As leader, I presume he did a wonderful job. However perhaps consequently, he placed too much energy in to others rather than in to himself.".