.Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 3, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClose u2022 Participated in ESPN in 2011 u2022 Covered pair of Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups as well as pair of British & Irish Lions excursions u2022 Formerly rugby publisher, and also came to be senior article writer in 2018Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman has actually stated Steven Bergwijn prioritised financial dream over his very own sporting goals after finishing a EUR25 thousand ($ 27.6 m) transfer to Saudi Pro League edge Al Ittihad, adding he will definitely not consider the forward for worldwide obligation for the not far off future.Bergwijn's step coming from Ajax to Al Ittihad was actually declared on Monday, and it has outraged Koeman who claimed the transactions is actually different to the instance of Georginio Wijnaldum when he left PSG for Al Ettifaq in September 2023. Publisher's Picks2 Related" Georginio Wijnaldum as soon as went this way due to the fact that he had an issue at Paris Saint-Germain," Koeman mentioned. "He could just visit that country to participate in soccer up until January. In Bergwijn's scenario is actually that he goes at the age of 26, featuring ambition does certainly not dominate. Not everybody presumes, the good news is, similarly. I assume when you are actually 26 the major ambition ought to be actually featuring as well as not monetary, but those are choices players make." Bergwijn is going to play under Laurent Blanc in Saudi Arabia in a team that consists of N'Golo Kantu00e9, Karim Benzema, Fabinho, Houssem Aouar, Predrag Rajkovic and also Moussa Diaby.Koeman pointed out Bergwijn was not bound to take up the Saudi offer." He could have remained at Ajax, couldn't he? And I assume they spend OK at Ajax as well. However indeed, it's his choice," he said.Steven Bergwijn possesses 35 hats for Netherlands since creating his international launching in 2018. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images" I haven't remained in that scenario myself. I could possibly visit Barcelona. I believe if Bergwijn can possess gone to Barcelona, he wouldn't have actually visited Saudi Arabia either." The technique wants to have actually injured Bergwijn's odds of adding to his 35 caps for the Netherlands." Guide is essentially closed for him, though," Koeman said of Bergwijn's worldwide odds. "He has not called me concerning this. I think he recognizes just how I think about this." At the same time, captain Virgil vehicle Dijk has committed his future to the Netherlands up until the 2026 World Cup a minimum of, Koeman verified on Tuesday.Koeman claimed he flew to Liverpool to possess in person talks with Van Dijk." I presumed it was actually thus significant to head to him to see as well as feel with him: are you heading to give it your all for one more pair of years at the highest level and do you still observe a future on your own? And also he carries out. And I perform the very same along with him. All doubt is actually gone, he only takes place," Koeman pointed out." He admitted he did certainly not get to the amount you would certainly get out of him as a player at the International Champion. As captain, I think he performed a fantastic job. However probably therefore, he placed too much electricity in to others rather than in to himself.".