I’d have done the same for him, if I have a problem with someone I go to him. Four years ago I was not allowed to go to the World Cup, but the decision was not based on my performances, I was still playing at Cagliari.The circumstances were different, but since then I’ve spent four years with Roma - I’ve played well but I wasn’t rewarded.įirst of all, I would like to say that the fact the manager came to Rome on Sunday I thought was great. I got to the Champions League semi-finals and I played well with Roma, I can’t do more than that. I called my national teammates to see what they thought, if he was here to make some rules or say that I wasn’t going to the World Cup. My first thought was that he wanted to talk to me face-to-face, to make sure I was behaving myself. He told me to meet him at the Hilton hotel at the airport. When I told him I was in Rome he told me he’d be here about 6.30. He called me around noon to find out where I was, in Belgium or in Rome. I’ve become the only player who has not been allowed to go to the World Cup twice in a row, it’s such an incomprehensible thing that I can already laugh about it. It’s difficult to comprehend, I’ve entered the Guinness Book of Records. Do you think all the players are good guys? I’m not ashamed. Would we talk differently about Maradona for that reason? Everyone is free to do what he wants if he plays well on the pitch. It’s become my job, OK, but I want to be judged on my performances on the pitch, not what I’m doing off the pitch. I’m tired of always being painted as a bad boy. If some people don’t like that, then there’s nothing I can do. I don’t like to wear a mask, I am who I am. You wrote: “Being oneself can bother some people.” I only wrote what I thought…very briefly and without thinking for hours. No, not even my agent knew I would be saying goodbye to Belgium. No, because this happened after I made my choice.ĭid you talk to anyone? Your agent? Your wife? It was my childhood dream and I deserved it, but now it’s been taken away from me.ĭid the contract extension of Martinez play a role? It’s true that I considered making myself unavailable for Belgium over the last year but I still hoped I could participate in the World Cup. I had already planned to quit if they didn’t let me go to the World Cup. My goodbye to the Red Devils has been signed. Has your career with Belgium come to an end? Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan spoke to Belgian outlet HLN after being snubbed by Belgium manager Roberto Martinez for this summer’s World Cup and subsequently retiring from international duty after missing out on the competition for the second consecutive time.
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