Wesley Sneijder comes out of retirement aged 36 as Real Madrid legend begins training with Dutch club DHSC
DUTCH legend Wesley Sneijder is dusting off his boots to come out of retirement at the age of 36.
According to , The former Real Madrid and Inter Milan star is set to begin training with amateur side DHSC on July 27 in the Netherlands.
The Holland hero will build up his fitness with the fifth-tier side based in Utrecht.
He quit the pro game back in August after finishing his career with spells at Galatasaray, Nice and Qatari outfit Al-Gharafa.
His decision to come out of retirement comes just weeks after old international team-mate Arjen Robben sensationally performed his own career U-turn.
Robben, also 36, made an emotional return to boyhood club FC Groningen, the side where he started his career, after being persuaded to make the move by his wife.
Sneijder, capped a record 134 times by his country, is believed to be interested in a return to top-flight football with FC Utrecht in the Eredivisie.
He has a great relationship with the club and the former playmaker is often spotted at Stadion Galgenwaard watching home games from a box.
Sneijder was born in Utrecht but never played for his hometown team, instead bursting onto the scene via the Ajax academy.
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The midfielder has piled on the pounds in retirement and recently spoke about his booze hell as vodka became his "best friend".
He confessed to becoming a party boy in the Spanish capital and has seen two marriages collapse amid his battle with the bottle.