![]() I’m going to work hard and when everything feels right, I will join the team for the first training of the new season. It will be a tough physical challenge but I’m going for it. “What I am sure of is that my drive will be at 100%. “At this time I’m not sure it will happen,” added Robben, who has suffered his share of injuries. I want to make my comeback as a football player, a player of FC Groningen. “A comeback as an FC Groningen player…I started to play with this idea and now I’ve made it my mission. “And maybe more than anything I’ve listened to the call of our supporters: ‘Arjen, follow your heart.’ I’ve had many conversations with the club staff. “I’ve supported the club as well and it made me think about what else I could do for our club. “It’s great to see how everyone is supporting the club,” said Robben. Groningen fans began an online auction last week, with shoes from van Dijk and Robben also up for grabs. In an effort to help out, former Groningen defender Virgil van Dijk – who just won the Premier League with Liverpool – last month bought four season tickets and intended to raffle them off to supporters who couldn’t otherwise afford them. When the Dutch top division was abandoned in April with no title awarded or relegation due to the coronavirus, Groningen sat ninth. Coming home during this difficult time of crisis, one that also hits FC Groningen.” “After a wonderful adventure of 18 years, we’re coming home,” Robben said in a video message posted on Groningen’s website. ![]() There was heartbreak for him in the finale, though, as Spain won 1-0 in extra time after Robben missed a glorious chance in the second half.ĪRJEN ROBBEN = BACK □ #Robbenreturns /fpoNJEg6Tg- FC Groningen English June 27, 2020 He earned 96 caps for the Netherlands, helping the “Oranje” reach the World Cup final in 2010 against Spain. Robben had called it quits at the end of last season following a glittering career where he won league titles with Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Real Madrid and the Champions League. He was born in Bedum, a stone’s throw from Groningen, before getting married in Groningen in 2007. The 36-year-old winger is rejoining FC Groningen in the Netherlands’ Eredivisie, 20 years after making his debut for the team based in the north of the country. Arjen Robben, one of the top footballers in Dutch history, is coming out of retirement to help his first club during the coronavirus pandemic. ![]()
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