Arjen Robben, who announced his retirement last July, surprises the world of football again by assuring through a video that he is ready to take off his boots and return to action to help the club in which he was formed as a child, Groningen.
At 36, the Dutch left-hander, who after Groningen completed his career with stages at PSV Eindhoven, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, said he will try to return to football in the 2020/21 season as part of of the first squad of the club in which he grew up.
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ARJEN ROBBEN MAKES COMEBACK AT FC GRONINGEN! ?? # Arjenvolgjehart # lets cheer again pic.twitter.com/QHIkzbZojM
— FC Groningen (@fcgroningen) June 27, 2020
Groningen has organized a press conference for Sunday in which Robben will offer explanations on this claim.
In the video released this Saturday for fans, Robben recalls that he was twelve when he started playing in the Groningen youth academy, who made his debut against Feyenoord at 16, then left for PSV and “after a wonderful 18-year adventure (his career) “returns” home “.
Robben indicates that during the coronavirus crisis he participated in club activities and thought “what else could I do.” “In the last few weeks I have had conversations with people within the club and the main thing: I have heard the call from our fans (a banner that said: Arjen, follow your heart,” he continues.
GO BACK TO PLAY?
A South American club tempted Robben to return to footballhttps: //t.co/58P7JJsIsW
— FOX Sports Argentina (@FOXSportsArg) May 6, 2020
The Dutch international points out that he started training again with an idea and assures that he wants to return to football as a Groningen player. “Right now I am not sure what will happen. What I am sure of is that my enthusiasm and motivation are 100 percent. It will be a hard physical challenge, but I will try. I will work hard and when everything is fine I will join to team training for next season, “he explains.
“My dream is to play with the Groningen shirt,” adds Robben, who in fact already appears with the elastic green and white of the Dutch club, whose team finished the current campaign, unfinished by the pandemic, in ninth place.
