Former Holland international will leave Fenerbahce this summer‘I’m coming home and I can’t wait to play again in De Kuip’

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Dirk Kuyt has revealed he will return to Feyenoord at the end of the season.

The former Holland international has been playing in Turkey at Fenerbahce since 2012, having spent six successful seasons with Liverpool before that. But he hopes to end his playing career at the Dutch club where he made his name a decade ago.

“I’m coming home after the summer and I can’t wait to play again in De Kuip,” Kuyt told the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. “Feyenoord have always been a draw. We talked about a return when I left Liverpool but it didn’t happen.”

The 34-year-old moved to Liverpool in 2006 after scoring 83 goals in 122 appearances for Feyenoord over three seasons.

He represented Holland for a decade and can count a World Cup final in 2010 among his 104 caps.

He retired from international football after helping his country to third place in the 2014 finals in Brazil, where his tireless running from a new wing-back position stood out in Louis van Gaal’s system.