.Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 3, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClose u2022 Participated in ESPN in 2011 u2022 Dealt with pair of Olympics, a set of Rugby Planet Cups as well as pair of British & Irish Lions scenic tours u2022 Formerly rugby publisher, and became elderly writer in 2018Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman has actually pointed out Steven Bergwijn prioritised financial objective over his very own featuring goals after finishing a EUR25 thousand ($ 27.6 m) move to Saudi Pro Game side Al Ittihad, including he will certainly rule out the forward for worldwide responsibility for the not far off future.Bergwijn's move coming from Ajax to Al Ittihad was declared on Monday, and it has actually agitated Koeman who mentioned the transactions is various to the scenario of Georginio Wijnaldum when he left PSG for Al Ettifaq in September 2023. Publisher's Picks2 Related" Georginio Wijnaldum as soon as went that way because he possessed a trouble at Paris Saint-Germain," Koeman pointed out. "He might merely visit that country to participate in volleyball until January. In Bergwijn's situation is that he addresses the age of 26, showing off aspiration carries out not prevail. Certainly not everybody presumes, luckily, the same way. I believe when you are 26 the primary passion needs to be showing off as well as not monetary, yet those are actually selections players make." Bergwijn will definitely play under Laurent Blanc in Saudi Arabia in a group that consists of N'Golo Kantu00e9, Karim Benzema, Fabinho, Houssem Aouar, Predrag Rajkovic as well as Moussa Diaby.Koeman mentioned Bergwijn was certainly not bound to take up the Saudi provide." He could have stayed at Ajax, couldn't he? And I believe they pay out OK at Ajax as well. But certainly, it's his choice," he said.Steven Bergwijn possesses 35 caps for Netherlands because making his international launching in 2018. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images" I have not resided in that circumstance on my own. I can most likely to Barcelona. I presume if Bergwijn might have headed to Barcelona, he wouldn't have actually mosted likely to Saudi Arabia either." The move wants to have actually harmed Bergwijn's odds of including in his 35 caps for the Netherlands." Guide is actually basically closed for him, however," Koeman claimed of Bergwijn's international opportunities. "He has actually certainly not called me about this. I presume he recognizes just how I deal with this." In the meantime, captain Virgil van Dijk has actually committed his future to the Netherlands up until the 2026 Planet Cup at the very least, Koeman validated on Tuesday.Koeman stated he soared to Liverpool to possess direct talks with Van Dijk." I presumed it was actually therefore significant to go to him to find as well as pity him: are you heading to offer it your all for one more two years at the highest degree and also perform you still view a future on your own? And also he performs. And I perform the same along with him. All hesitation is actually gone, he merely happens," Koeman pointed out." He acknowledged he performed certainly not get to the level you would certainly get out of him as a gamer at the International Champion. As captain, I presume he did a great task. Yet probably consequently, he put a lot of power right into others instead of right into himself.".