The 31-year-old Holland international is almost certain to leave Anfield this summer and last month he was seen having talks with Feyenoord technical director Martin van Geel, sparking reports he would sign for the Rotterdam club.
"The fact I held talks with Feyenoord indicates I wanted to give it a serious chance," he told AD Sportwereld. "But in many ways the gap is too great at this moment in time."
He went on: "If I returned to Holland, I would have to take an 80% 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."
Source: PA
Source: PA