.Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 3, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClose u2022 Joined ESPN in 2011 u2022 Covered 2 Olympics, a pair of Rugby Planet Cups as well as pair of British & Irish Lions trips u2022 Previously rugby editor, and came to be senior article writer in 2018Netherlands supervisor Ronald Koeman has actually stated Steven Bergwijn prioritised economic ambition over his own showing off goals after completing a EUR25 million ($ 27.6 m) transfer to Saudi Pro Organization side Al Ittihad, incorporating he will definitely not consider the forward for global role for the near future.Bergwijn's move coming from Ajax to Al Ittihad was actually declared on Monday, as well as it has actually angered Koeman that said the transmission is various to the situation of Georginio Wijnaldum when he left PSG for Al Ettifaq in September 2023. Publisher's Picks2 Related" Georginio Wijnaldum when went this way because he possessed a trouble at Paris Saint-Germain," Koeman claimed. "He might merely go to that country to play football till January. In Bergwijn's instance is that he addresses the age of 26, featuring aspiration performs certainly not dominate. Not every person thinks, luckily, similarly. I think when you are 26 the primary aspiration needs to be featuring and also certainly not economic, yet those are options players make." Bergwijn will play under Laurent Blanc in Saudi Arabia in a group that includes N'Golo Kantu00e9, Karim Benzema, Fabinho, Houssem Aouar, Predrag Rajkovic and Moussa Diaby.Koeman mentioned Bergwijn was not duty-bound to use up the Saudi deal." He could possess remained at Ajax, couldn't he? And also I presume they pay for OK at Ajax also. Yet indeed, it's his choice," he said.Steven Bergwijn possesses 35 caps for Netherlands given that creating his global debut in 2018. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images" I haven't resided in that situation on my own. I could possibly go to Barcelona. I think if Bergwijn could possess gone to Barcelona, he would not have mosted likely to Saudi Arabia either." The relocation looks to have actually injured Bergwijn's possibilities of contributing to his 35 limits for the Netherlands." The book is actually generally finalized for him, however," Koeman claimed of Bergwijn's worldwide odds. "He has certainly not contacted me regarding this. I think he knows just how I think about this." At the same time, leader Virgil van Dijk has dedicated his future to the Netherlands until the 2026 Planet Cup at the very least, Koeman verified on Tuesday.Koeman mentioned he soared to Liverpool to possess face-to-face talks with Van Dijk." I assumed it was actually thus vital to visit him to see and feel with him: are you mosting likely to give it your all for one more 2 years at the highest degree and also perform you still see a future for yourself? As well as he does. And also I carry out the same with him. All hesitation is gone, he just happens," Koeman stated." He admitted he performed certainly not reach out to the level you will anticipate from him as a player at the International Champion. As captain, I believe he did a wonderful work. Yet possibly as a result, he put excessive power right into others rather than into themself.".