Arjen Robben will return as a footballer next season. The 36-year-old attacker, who ended his career last year, returns to his childhood sweetheart FC Groningen.
“The last few weeks I have had many consultations with people within the club and perhaps the most listened to the action of the supporters: ‘Arjen, follow your heart!’ … A return as a player of FC Groningen,” says Robben on the website of FC Groningen.
“It started to itch and now it is my mission. I am working on a comeback as a football player. At the FC. I don’t know yet whether this will work. What I do know is that it will not be my commitment and motivation It is now my dream to play in the shirt of FC Groningen again. “
FC Groningen organizes a press conference on Sunday at 2.30 p.m. at which Robben will give a detailed explanation of the process he is currently taking. He regularly trained with Bayern Munich this season to keep his fitness level.
Robben made a fit impression, but emphasized two weeks ago that a comeback at Bayern “100 percent” is excluded. He ended his career at the German top club a year ago after having been active at the highest level for nineteen years.
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