Radja Nainggolan about his approach:
“The gym is for bodybuilders. Running is for athletic people. Playing football is with the ball.”
If Roberto Martinez were to choose a club team, would you be available for the Red Devils?
Radja Nainggolan: “Neen, neen, neen …”
“For me it was a pride to play for Belgium. I went through all the categories. And there was always something. I have always performed on the pitch with the life I lead. I don’t understand why they always look at the extra sporty. For me it’s simple: the best plays, regardless of what he does off the field.”
Do you follow the foreign competitions?
“I sometimes look at some ex-teams. But I’m really not a football freak, I try to spend my time elsewhere when I’m home. The life of a football player is busy enough.”
Stories came out about the coach who was no longer supported by the players of Antwerp…
“I don’t read gazettes. But journalists who say that players are leaking without mentioning their name, what’s the point? It’s just to mess up the dressing room.”
“You should regard a team as family. You spend more time at the club than at home.”
You came to Antwerp and you were immediately in the spotlight.
“If I wasn’t in Antwerp, that was already. So it doesn’t make much difference. They like to talk about me, I’m hot on the market. The journalists also have to have their work, otherwise the gazettes will not be full.”
“But now it was about driving too fast under the influence. I was just talking about it, come on. Who doesn’t drink a glass. They are all holy people in Belgium. And if you read those comments: that is not possible as a football player? Why can’t that be?”
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Nainggolan arrives at the VRT. Watch the news item:
