Steven Bergwijn Has No Sporting Ambition – Ronald Koeman

Netherlands manager, Ronald Koeman has closed the door on Steven Bergwijn playing for the national team again. This is coming after the ex-Tottenham star’s transfer to Saudi Arabia, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, Bergwijn has proven that he has no sporting ambition by going to Saudi Arabia at 16, so his financial decision will prevent him from playing for the national team.

Koeman added that Steven could have easily stayed at Ajax, where he’ll earn a decent pay for his services.

His words, “Georginio Wijnaldum once went that way because he had a problem at Paris Saint-Germain. He could only go to that country to play football until January. In Bergwijn’s case is that he goes at the age of 26, sporting ambition does not prevail. Not everyone thinks, fortunately, the same way. I think when you are 26 the main ambition should be sporting and not financial, but those are choices players make.

He could have stayed at Ajax, couldn’t he? And I think they pay OK at Ajax too. But yes, it’s his choice. I haven’t been in that situation myself. I could go to Barcelona. I think if Bergwijn could have gone to Barcelona, he wouldn’t have gone to Saudi Arabia either. The book is basically closed for him, though. He has not contacted me about this. I think he knows how I think about this.

It’s primarily because he doesn’t have a club. That means you don’t play football and you can’t be with the national team. Memphis is 30, let’s hope he gets a club and gets fit. Then he is still an option for me.”

WOW.