The midfielder said this in a conversation with Junior Vertongen YouTube-channel.
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“I didn’t have enough impact for what I could have given. I know that, I’m honest, but that wasn’t just because of my choice,” says Radja Nainggolan when asked about the mark he left on the national team as an international.
Radja Nainggolan: ‘Roberto Martinez is a very bad trainer’
“Marc Wilmots did not take me as a starting player to the 2016 European Championship, but at the European Championship I was one of the better players. And then I was put aside by Martinez for no reason. His reasons remain bullshit for me. Because for me he is not a football expert and a very bad trainer.”
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Nainggolan continues: “Anyone who says he is a good coach does not understand football. A good coach is someone who gives a team an idea. And with Martinez, Belgium never had an idea. When we were in trouble, the solution came through the individual qualities of Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard or Romelu Lukaku. But we never actually had a playing style. And that is just the plain truth.”
“Martinez was good with the media, his matches were always good for him. Nothing could ever be better. You must be able to be self-critical. He never did that. De Bruyne started playing right forward when he wanted to be in midfield, but the trainer had to. Then he won’t say: ‘I’m going to stand in midfield.’ I don’t know if he discussed some things with players. In any case, he never took me aside, because he didn’t want me. But I do think that Belgium could have won trophies if they had invested once in a good trainer.”