.Tom Hamilton, Elder WriterSep 3, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClose u2022 Joined ESPN in 2011 u2022 Covered 2 Olympics, a set of Rugby Planet Cups as well as two British & Irish Lions trips u2022 Earlier rugby publisher, and ended up being elderly author in 2018Netherlands supervisor Ronald Koeman has actually claimed Steven Bergwijn prioritised economic dream over his very own featuring desires after finishing a EUR25 thousand ($ 27.6 m) move to Saudi Pro Game side Al Ittihad, adding he will definitely not consider the ahead for global duty for the near future.Bergwijn's technique from Ajax to Al Ittihad was introduced on Monday, and it has actually agitated Koeman who mentioned the move is different to the instance of Georginio Wijnaldum when he left PSG for Al Ettifaq in September 2023. Publisher's Picks2 Related" Georginio Wijnaldum the moment went by doing this because he had a trouble at Paris Saint-Germain," Koeman mentioned. "He could just most likely to that country to participate in volleyball up until January. In Bergwijn's situation is that he addresses the age of 26, featuring passion does not prevail. Not everybody assumes, fortunately, the same way. I presume when you are actually 26 the main aspiration needs to be actually showing off as well as certainly not financial, but those are actually options players create." 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 Moussa Diaby.Koeman mentioned Bergwijn was certainly not responsible to take up the Saudi promotion." He could possess stayed at Ajax, couldn't he? And also I believe they pay for OK at Ajax also. But yes, it's his option," he said.Steven Bergwijn has 35 hats for Netherlands given that producing his global launching in 2018. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images" I haven't remained in that situation myself. I could possibly visit Barcelona. I think if Bergwijn might have gone to Barcelona, he would not have actually gone to Saudi Arabia either." The step tries to have actually injured Bergwijn's chances of including in his 35 caps for the Netherlands." Guide is generally closed for him, though," Koeman said of Bergwijn's international odds. "He has not contacted me regarding this. I think he recognizes exactly how I deal with this." At the same time, leader Virgil truck Dijk has actually devoted his future to the Netherlands till the 2026 Globe Mug at the very least, Koeman affirmed on Tuesday.Koeman mentioned he flew to Liverpool to have direct talks with Van Dijk." I assumed it was therefore vital to visit him to observe as well as pity him: are you going to offer it your all for an additional 2 years at the highest degree and also perform you still find a future on your own? And also he does. And also I perform the same with him. All hesitation is actually gone, he simply goes on," Koeman stated." He acknowledged he performed not get to the amount you would certainly anticipate from him as a player at the European Champion. As leader, I assume he did a terrific job. Yet probably because of this, he placed a lot of electricity in to others rather than right into himself.".