Van der Wiel returns to football after a year and a half retired

The Netherlands seems ready to withdraw their legends from the beginning of the decade from retirement and, after the signing of Arjen Robben by Groningen, now Waalwijk have announced the hiring of Gregory van der Wiel. The former player of Ajax, PSG, Fenerbahçe, Cagliari and Toronto was one of the wingers with the greatest projection of his generation and holder in the World Cup in South Africa.

“I never closed the chapter of professional soccer”, He explains in his presentation on the website of his new club. However, has not played an official match since October 28, 2018 in the MLS. “I am still in love with football and I would like to work with the ball every day at a professional level and be on the field with my teammates.”

This same Saturday they have the first friendly match of the preseason, in which they could debut, and it is precisely against Ajax, his training team until he left PSG at the age of 24. “The motivation is maximum, now the first and most important thing for me is to play football.”