The defender, who turns 34 next Saturday, has played only once this season for new club FC Den Bosch due to injury. He puts his current problems down to the artificial surfaces used widely in Dutch football, telling the Dutch press (translated through Google):
"The first impression here is very good, very professional. The preparation was fine, we trained on grass. But I still have to get used to the artificial grass, so I have a lot of pain in my Achilles tendons. I was not used in England."
Without their captain, FC Den Bosch have struggled this season. They drew their first five games of the second tier Jupiler League before losing the last two, leaving them in 19th place of the 20 team division.