"Ambitious player, not the national team!" Former colleague of SON Saudi → Dutch director Choi Young-no
Sep 04, 2024
|
Dutch national team coach Ronald Koeman made a direct criticism against Steve Verwein on the 4th (Korea time) 'Son Heung-min's former Tottenham teammate'
Werbein, a 1997 winger from Eindhoven Youth in the Dutch league, moved to Tottenham in 2019 for a transfer fee of 27 million pounds (about 47.4 billion won) and shared a three-season tie with Son Heung-min. Although he performed impressively in the early stages, he was overshadowed by outstanding winger Son Heung-min. He scored only seven goals in 60 league games (25 starts). After leaving Tottenham in 2022 and moving back to his homeland, Ajax in the Netherlands, he made a splendid comeback. He scored 16 goals and 6 assists in 45 games in his first year, and 13 goals and 5 assists in 31 games while kicking Ajax's captain's armband last season. He was called by the national team without fail to major tournaments such as the Qatar World Cup and Euro 2024, and was recognized as an ace.
Rumors of a transfer to Premier League clubs such as the transfer market and Leicester City occurred this summer, but his choice was RT Hard in the Saudi Arabian League, led by former French national team coach Laurent Blanc. It completed the transfer for 21 million euros (about 31 billion won) and will join the Saudi Super League with Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kante, Fabinho and Moussa Diaby in the new season. RT Hard said on its official channel on the 3rd that "Verwein joined from Amsterdam." Welcome our new tiger, Berwein"We made the transfer official.
|
|
Asked about Berwein at a press conference on the 3rd, Koeman criticized him saying, `Stephen Berwein went to Saudi Arabia at the age of 26.' `It is clear that this has nothing to do with sporting ambitions.' Then "His contract with the Dutch national team is over"I made a straightforward remark. Asked if he had discussed a transfer with Berwein, Koeman expressed disappointment by immediately responding, `No, he must have known what I was going to say.'
After the transfer was confirmed, Alex Cross, technical director of Ajax, admitted to each other that Stephen and Ajax would move if they had a good offer from abroad and did not keep it a secret"This happened at the last minute of the transfer market, but the club has secured the financial flexibility needed to recruit the right replacement in a short period of time."
sky4us@sportschosun.com
