Arjen Robben comes out of retirement for final swansong at boyhood club FC Groningen

mirror.co.uk:

Netherlands legend Arjen Robben has shocked the football world by announcing he intends to come out of retirement to play for his hometown club FC Groningen.

Robben, who won 96 caps for his country and played for the likes of Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, announced his retirement at the age of 35 in July 2019.

But after almost a year out of the game he has written an open letter to fans declaring his desire to play for the club where he started his career in 1996.

The letter read: "Dear football fans and Groningen fans, I was 12 years old when I started playing in Groningen's youth academy. "I made my home debut against Feyenoord when I was 16.