His expression of determination revealed, as Arjen Robben in the green, tight-fitting Jersey with the number 10 to the Sprint started. For the first time, the 36-Year-old took part on Monday in the Training of the FC Groningen – it was for the small Dutch first division club, the message of the day: “Arjen Robben is back on the court.”
last week, the former Star of Bayern Munich’s much-anticipated Comeback due to a lack of Fitness had to be able to move. But now pension it is after more than a year of football-finally – much to the delight of coach Danny Buijs. The described it as the “ultimate dream”, the winger returns to his youth club.
Robben spoke pathetically of “a Mission”. The football difference between Munich and Groningen is indeed “big, but it’s not about that. Why do I do this? I can describe love with one word: Club. I would do the same for any other club. It feels good to be back home,“ said the world championship in 2010, in his imagination.
But is under pressure to let the experienced professional who has won in his impressive career almost everything, on his last career station is not set. Especially since it had left his body in the past few years, often enough in the lurch.
“If it is not running, physically or in football, people will say, he should have rather let. But why not? Should I leave it, therefore, really stay? I have nothing to lose. Maybe it is over in a month, maybe in two years,“ said Robben left. He ended his career, but “already”, he added with a grin.