Technical director Marc-Jan Fledderus had a present for Robben at the start of the press conference: a glass plate. Of course there was a story attached to it. “On May 21 I drove to Munich at the invitation of Bernadien (Robben’s wife, ed.). There we surprised Arjen. It was a great moment. “
“We ordered sushi from their favorite restaurant and we made a compilation of footage from the documentary The Last Dance and footage of Robben. We then said that the best way to help our club was to play football with us. After that lunch we were allowed to take the surplus of the sushi on this dish. So with this one. “
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For Arjen Robben, his reason for doing this is clear: “club love”. “This is coming home for my family. I grew up here. We are also moving back here and I really wanted to do something for the club in this difficult time. But I don’t have the ambition to become a trainer or driver yet, so I think I currently have the most value on the field. “
Robben still calls it “an attempt at comeback”. How is he doing now? “I enjoyed my time without football, but I was training for a marathon. I have been training again for 5 or 6 weeks now, and the feeling is good. Although I don’t want to get too euphoric yet . “
“I also don’t want to give false hope. Maybe I don’t play games or hardly any games, maybe I play 34. Although, I’ve never succeeded in my career. Maybe it will be over in a month, maybe only in two years. goal and mission are clear. Of course the level will be very different from Munich, we shouldn’t be silly about that, but I see this as a nice challenge. I would never have done this for another club. “
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