.Tom Hamilton, Elder WriterSep 3, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClose u2022 Joined ESPN in 2011 u2022 Covered pair of Olympics, a pair of Rugby Planet Cups and also two British & Irish Lions excursions u2022 Earlier rugby publisher, and ended up being senior writer in 2018Netherlands supervisor Ronald Koeman has stated Steven Bergwijn prioritised monetary dream over his own sporting desires after completing a EUR25 million ($ 27.6 m) relocate to Saudi Pro League edge Al Ittihad, adding he will not consider the ahead for worldwide responsibility for the not far off future.Bergwijn's move from Ajax to Al Ittihad was declared on Monday, as well as it has actually angered Koeman that pointed out the move is various to the case of Georginio Wijnaldum when he left PSG for Al Ettifaq in September 2023. Publisher's Picks2 Related" Georginio Wijnaldum once went that way because he had a concern at Paris Saint-Germain," Koeman said. "He could simply visit that nation to play volleyball till January. In Bergwijn's case is that he addresses the age of 26, featuring aspiration carries out not dominate. Not every person believes, luckily, the same way. I assume when you are actually 26 the primary passion must be sporting and also certainly not monetary, however those are choices gamers make." Bergwijn will certainly participate in under Laurent Blanc in Saudi Arabia in a staff that features N'Golo Kantu00e9, Karim Benzema, Fabinho, Houssem Aouar, Predrag Rajkovic and Moussa Diaby.Koeman stated Bergwijn was certainly not bound to use up the Saudi promotion." He could have remained at Ajax, couldn't he? As well as I presume they spend OK at Ajax too. However yes, it's his option," he said.Steven Bergwijn possesses 35 limits for Netherlands considering that creating his worldwide launching in 2018. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images" I haven't been in that scenario myself. I could possibly head to Barcelona. I presume if Bergwijn could have headed to Barcelona, he would not have visited Saudi Arabia either." The technique tries to have actually hurt Bergwijn's odds of including in his 35 limits for the Netherlands." The book is actually basically shut for him, however," Koeman claimed of Bergwijn's worldwide possibilities. "He has certainly not contacted me concerning this. I believe he knows how I think about this." At the same time, leader Virgil truck Dijk has actually devoted his future to the Netherlands till the 2026 World Mug at the very least, Koeman validated on Tuesday.Koeman claimed he soared to Liverpool to have direct talks along with Van Dijk." I believed it was so significant to head to him to find as well as feel with him: are you going to give it your all for yet another 2 years at the highest degree and perform you still view a future on your own? As well as he carries out. And also I do the exact same along with him. All uncertainty is actually gone, he just goes on," Koeman said." He accepted he did certainly not reach out to the amount you would certainly expect from him as a gamer at the International Championship. As captain, I assume he did a great work. However maybe consequently, he placed excessive electricity in to others as opposed to in to themself.".