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Retirement ‘an option’ for departing Bayern star Robben
BERLIN, May 14, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Departing Dutch star Arjen Robben has
said that he is still undecided about what to do when he leaves Bayern
Munich, and admitted that he may still retire from football altogether.
The 35-year-old winger is set to leave Munich after 10 years at the end
of the season, and has been linked with clubs as diverse as Inter Milan and
his hometown club Groningen.
At a press conference in Munich on Tuesday, Robben said that he still
didn’t know what life after Bayern held for him.
“I am late making my decision because of my injury. I wanted to get back
on the pitch first,” said Robben, who had been sidelined since November
before returning to action against Hanover two weeks ago.
“My wife would have preferred it otherwise, to be honest,” he said.
“It is not an easy decision to make. If you decide that you are going to
keep playing, you have to find a place where everything is just right, not
just in terms of football but also for my family.”
Asked whether he might stop playing altogether, Robben said it was
possible.
“It is an option, but I don’t know whether it will happen,” he said.
The Dutchman won the Champions League with Bayern in 2013, and now hopes
to win an eighth Bundesliga title in his last home game for Bayern this
weekend.
Bayern can wrap up a seventh successive league title if they beat
Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, and Robben said that he had “goosebumps”
thinking about the game.
“To be crowned champions on Saturday, after 10 years, in front of 70,000
fans at a full Allianz Arena. There is nothing better.”
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