Feyenoord's hopes of re-signing Dirk Kuyt from Liverpool have been left in tatters after the Holland international ruled out a summer return.
Dutchman does not want to return to Feyenoord
Feyenoord's hopes of re-signing Dirk Kuyt from Liverpool have been left in tatters after the Holland international ruled out a summer return.
The 31-year-old is almost certain to leave Anfield this summer after struggling to hold down a first-team place under manager Kenny Dalglish.
In April, Kuyt was seen having talks with Feyenoord technical director Martin van Geel, sparking reports he would sign for the Rotterdam club, who he left in 2006.
However, although the player admits he considered a move back to his former club, he believes he still has much to offer a top European side.
Ambition and fitness
"The fact I held talks with Feyenoord indicates I wanted to give it a serious chance," Kuyt told
AD Sportwereld.
"But in many ways the gap is too great at this moment in time.
"If I returned to Holland, I would have to take an 80 per cent cut in my Liverpool wages.
"If you are 35 or 36, you know your career is almost done. But I'm only 31 and in the prime of my life. I still have two or three years left at the top.
"I still have the ambition and fitness to play at the highest level, a club in a major competition or a big club with European ambitions."
