.Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 3, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClose u2022 Joined ESPN in 2011 u2022 Covered two Olympics, a set of Rugby Planet Cups and two British & Irish Lions excursions u2022 Formerly rugby editor, as well as ended up being elderly writer in 2018Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman has actually claimed Steven Bergwijn prioritised economic dream over his personal featuring goals after finishing a EUR25 thousand ($ 27.6 m) transfer to Saudi Pro League edge Al Ittihad, incorporating he is going to not consider the forward for worldwide obligation for the direct future.Bergwijn's move from Ajax to Al Ittihad was declared on Monday, and it has actually outraged Koeman who mentioned the transfer is actually various to the situation of Georginio Wijnaldum when he left PSG for Al Ettifaq in September 2023. Editor's Picks2 Related" Georginio Wijnaldum when went that way considering that he had a trouble at Paris Saint-Germain," Koeman said. "He might simply visit that country to participate in football until January. In Bergwijn's instance is actually that he addresses the grow older of 26, featuring ambition performs certainly not prevail. Not everybody presumes, the good news is, the same way. I believe when you are 26 the primary aspiration ought to be showing off and certainly not financial, but those are actually choices players create." Bergwijn will definitely 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 stated Bergwijn was actually not responsible to use up the Saudi offer." He could possess stayed at Ajax, could not he? As well as I think they spend OK at Ajax as well. But certainly, it's his choice," he said.Steven Bergwijn possesses 35 limits for Netherlands given that producing his international debut in 2018. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images" I have not remained in that circumstance on my own. I can head to Barcelona. I presume if Bergwijn might have headed to Barcelona, he would not have headed to Saudi Arabia either." The step tries to have harmed Bergwijn's chances of adding to his 35 caps for the Netherlands." The book is primarily finalized for him, though," Koeman mentioned of Bergwijn's international odds. "He has actually not contacted me concerning this. I presume he recognizes just how I consider this." Meanwhile, leader Virgil van Dijk has committed his future to the Netherlands until the 2026 World Mug at least, Koeman validated on Tuesday.Koeman said he flew to Liverpool to have face-to-face talks along with Truck Dijk." I believed it was actually thus important to visit him to see and pity him: are you mosting likely to provide it your all for one more 2 years at the highest level as well as do you still find a future on your own? And he does. As well as I carry out the exact same along with him. All question is actually gone, he merely takes place," Koeman stated." He admitted he carried out not get to the amount you would certainly expect from him as a gamer at the International Championship. As leader, I presume he performed a great work. However maybe consequently, he put excessive energy into others rather than in to themself.".