.Tom Hamilton, Elderly Person WriterSep 3, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClose u2022 Participated in ESPN in 2011 u2022 Covered 2 Olympics, a set of Rugby Globe Cups and also 2 British & Irish Lions trips u2022 Recently rugby editor, as well as became senior article writer in 2018Netherlands supervisor Ronald Koeman has actually claimed Steven Bergwijn prioritised monetary objective over his own showing off ambitions after accomplishing a EUR25 thousand ($ 27.6 m) move to Saudi Pro Organization side Al Ittihad, incorporating he is going to rule out the ahead for international duty for the not far off future.Bergwijn's move from Ajax to Al Ittihad was declared on Monday, and it has actually angered Koeman that stated the transfer is actually various to the situation of Georginio Wijnaldum when he left PSG for Al Ettifaq in September 2023. Publisher's Picks2 Related" Georginio Wijnaldum as soon as went by doing this due to the fact that he had a concern at Paris Saint-Germain," Koeman said. "He can only visit that country to participate in football until January. In Bergwijn's case is actually that he addresses the age of 26, featuring passion does certainly not prevail. Not everyone presumes, luckily, the same way. I think when you are 26 the major ambition needs to be actually showing off and also certainly not monetary, however those are actually options players make." Bergwijn will participate in under Laurent Blanc in Saudi Arabia in a team that includes N'Golo Kantu00e9, Karim Benzema, Fabinho, Houssem Aouar, Predrag Rajkovic as well as Moussa Diaby.Koeman mentioned Bergwijn was not bound to occupy the Saudi offer." He could possess remained at Ajax, could not he? And also I think they pay OK at Ajax also. Yet indeed, it's his option," he said.Steven Bergwijn possesses 35 limits for Netherlands considering that making his international launching in 2018. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images" I have not resided in that circumstance on my own. I might head to Barcelona. I assume if Bergwijn could possess visited Barcelona, he wouldn't have actually mosted likely to Saudi Arabia either." The step hopes to have actually injured Bergwijn's possibilities of including in his 35 hats for the Netherlands." Guide is actually basically closed for him, however," Koeman stated of Bergwijn's worldwide chances. "He has actually not contacted me about this. I think he understands exactly how I deal with this." In the meantime, leader Virgil truck Dijk has actually devoted his future to the Netherlands up until the 2026 Planet Cup a minimum of, Koeman affirmed on Tuesday.Koeman said he soared to Liverpool to have direct talks along with Vehicle Dijk." I presumed it was thus significant to visit him to find as well as pity him: are you mosting likely to give it your all for yet another pair of years at the highest degree and also perform you still observe a future on your own? And also he carries out. As well as I perform the same along with him. All hesitation is actually gone, he simply goes on," Koeman mentioned." He acknowledged he did certainly not reach the degree you would get out of him as a player at the European Championship. As leader, I assume he did an excellent project. However possibly because of this, he put excessive energy right into others as opposed to into themself.".