A great says goodbye. 35-year-old Dutchman Arjen Robben announced on Thursday through a statement that he is leaving professional football, a decision in which "heart and mind collided".
"I've been thinking a lot about it in recent weeks. As everyone knows, I took some time to make a well-thought-out decision about my future after my last match at Bayern Munich. I have decided to end my career as a professional footballer," said the former Real Madrid player.
According to him, he weighed on one hand "the love for the game and the conviction that you can still conquer the world," but at the same time considered "the harsh reality that not everything works out as you would like and you are no longer the 16-year-old boy who had no idea what an injury meant."
Arjen Robben began his career at Dutch Groningen and played for PSV Eindhoven, Chelsea and Real Madrid before joining Bayern Munich, where he has been for the last ten seasons. EFE