Radja Nainggolan
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Worst transfer ever?
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just in the last 10 years Inter have made a bunch of Nainggolan transfers.
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It’s honestly starting to feel like Correa is going to eclipse Radja. At least Radja scored against Juve and against Empoli to get us in the CL.
It was a shit transfer but we have had far worse. I would say Mario and Correa are up there amongst the worse transfers in Inter history.
The former because of his cost and the fact that he was given every opportunity to prove himself but failed to do so and the latter because he is rubbish and always injured.
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Two worst transfers of Inter history are Coco - Seedorf & Carini - Cannavaro exchanges. Nothing else comes even close to those. I would say that these are arguably some of the worst transfers of all time. Some transfers look good on paper and turn out to be terrible in hindsight (Nainggolan is one of those for sure). The two above looked awful from the start and ended up being even worse than predicted. People who hate on our recent transfer policies forget how catastrophically terrible our transfer market decision-making has been since the dawn of Massimo Moratti era. This is something that did not start during banter era - it's something that we've inherited, the difference being we don't have bottomless pockets anymore to cover up for these massive fuck-ups.
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Nobody in their right mind would do a Cannavaro - Carini swap. It's a controversial transfer which isn't due to the incompetence of Inter.
From what I remember is that Cannavaro got pressurized in joinin juBe - otherwise he would have been outcasted of playing for the national team.
From what I remember is that Cannavaro got pressurized in joinin juBe - otherwise he would have been outcasted of playing for the national team.
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It's like I say Correa scored against Chievo Verona last season to get us in the CL. At the end of season all points matter, not one in this or that particular fixture. I don't get the logic behind saying at least Naingolann or Vidal scored against X team so they're worth the money.
For the price Naingolann cost us, which led to losing a more expensive player in Zaniolo as well, he was definitely a worse transfer than Correa. I believe we can still get rid of Correa for some money. That wasn't the case for Naingolann. So that's another negative point we should get into consideration.
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The Cannavaro part of the story is one thing. The fact that we got freaking Carini for it is a completely different one
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Di Marzio details how SPAL have been in contact with Nainggolan to discuss a possible move, with Daniele De Rossi’s side keen to reinforce their midfield with the experienced Belgian.
De Rossi knows the 34-year-old well from their time together in the Italian capital and suggested that he’d be happy to work with the player again should he join the Serie B side.
De Rossi knows the 34-year-old well from their time together in the Italian capital and suggested that he’d be happy to work with the player again should he join the Serie B side.
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“TREATED LIKE A PARASITE AT ANTWERP, PLAYING FOR PEANUTS AT SPAL”, NAINGGOLAN OPENS UP
This guy is hopeless
Radja Nainggolan did not mince his words when reflecting on his recent experience at Royal Antwerp and touched on his low-cost contract at SPAL.
The 34-year-old Belgian midfielder did not have a particularly positive 18-month spell with his hometown club, showing brief flashes of brilliance amidst an otherwise anonymous run with the side.
Nainggolan was suspended back in October after openly smoking an e-cigarette on the bench in a 3-0 loss to Standard Liege, an act that signalled the end of his time with Royal Antwerp. The former Roma man joined Serie B side SPAL in January on a six-month deal.
Speaking to the Antwerp Gazette, Nainggolan shared his frustrations over his 18-month spell with Royal Antwerp.
“They treated me like a parasite, a piece of sh*t… When I was put in the B team the players then tried to convince Overmars to keep me with the A team, it was a good thing for me, but nobody really dared to go against Gheysens (the Royal Antwerp president, ed.).
“I continued to do my best in the B team, tried to support those young guys and made no mistakes there. But how I was treated in the last weeks there, I have never seen that before. And I have been in many places.
“I couldn’t go in the main entrance anymore, I could only go in at times when the first team wasn’t there, I had to go to a different locker room every day, I was treated like a pest.
“At one point my watch was even stolen because the young players were constantly going in and out of that locker room.”
The 34-year-old Belgian midfielder then expressed his bitterness towards Royal Antwerp and why he left for SPAL in the January transfer window.
“My daughters were one of the main reasons why I returned to Belgium. Whereas before I only saw them during holidays, since I returned to Antwerp, they have lived with me full-time again. Everyone knew quite well how important this was for me.
“So, I wanted to stay in Belgium, for my daughters. To do that, however, I would have had to leave more money. It wasn’t a problem, here at SPAL I play for ‘peanuts’, but for seriousness. Gheysens forced me to leave Belgium after I had already lost a million.
“He just wanted me out of the country. He’s a great businessman, but that’s where it ends. That Antwerp took away my enjoyment of football, but I’ll get it back. But I will never forgive him for having to leave my daughters behind.”
Nainggolan has made five Serie B appearances for SPAL since his arrival in January, scoring one goal and providing one assist in that time.
typical toxic personality - he blames others instead of admitting his mistakes (like vaping by the pitch)
