.Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 3, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClose u2022 Signed up with ESPN in 2011 u2022 Dealt with two Olympics, a pair of Rugby Planet Cups as well as two British & Irish Lions excursions u2022 Formerly rugby editor, and became senior article writer in 2018Netherlands supervisor Ronald Koeman has actually claimed Steven Bergwijn prioritised monetary ambition over his own featuring goals after completing a EUR25 million ($ 27.6 m) transfer to Saudi Pro League side Al Ittihad, including he will not consider the ahead for global duty for the not far off future.Bergwijn's action from Ajax to Al Ittihad was announced on Monday, and it has actually angered Koeman who mentioned the transmission is different to the situation of Georginio Wijnaldum when he left behind PSG for Al Ettifaq in September 2023. Publisher's Picks2 Related" Georginio Wijnaldum when went in this way considering that he had a problem at Paris Saint-Germain," Koeman said. "He can only visit that country to participate in volleyball up until January. In Bergwijn's situation is actually that he addresses the age of 26, featuring ambition carries out not prevail. Not everyone thinks, luckily, the same way. I believe when you are 26 the major ambition ought to be showing off as well as certainly not economic, but those are actually options gamers create." Bergwijn will play under Laurent Blanc in Saudi Arabia in a team that features N'Golo Kantu00e9, Karim Benzema, Fabinho, Houssem Aouar, Predrag Rajkovic as well as Moussa Diaby.Koeman mentioned Bergwijn was actually certainly not responsible to take up the Saudi provide." He could possess stayed at Ajax, couldn't he? As well as I think they spend OK at Ajax too. Yet yes, it's his option," he said.Steven Bergwijn possesses 35 limits for Netherlands since creating his global launching in 2018. Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images" I have not remained in that condition on my own. I can head to Barcelona. I believe if Bergwijn can possess visited Barcelona, he definitely would not have actually gone to Saudi Arabia either." The step seeks to have actually injured Bergwijn's chances of including in his 35 caps for the Netherlands." The book is basically finalized for him, though," Koeman claimed of Bergwijn's international opportunities. "He has not called me about this. I assume he recognizes exactly how I deal with this." In the meantime, captain Virgil vehicle Dijk has actually dedicated his future to the Netherlands until the 2026 Globe Cup at the very least, Koeman confirmed on Tuesday.Koeman stated he flew to Liverpool to possess direct talks along with Truck Dijk." I believed it was so important to go to him to view and also pity him: are you mosting likely to provide it your all for another pair of years at the highest degree as well as perform you still see a future on your own? And he performs. And I do the exact same along with him. All uncertainty is gone, he merely happens," Koeman pointed out." He acknowledged he performed certainly not get to the degree you would expect from him as a player at the European Championship. As captain, I think he did an excellent task. Yet maybe consequently, he put a lot of energy in to others instead of into himself.".