Inter midfielder Radja Nainggolan has explained how his four-year spell at Cagliari helped shape him as a player. “I became a man in Sardinia.”
Nainggolan made over 100 appearances for Cagliari between 2010 and 2014 before joining Roma, and the 30-year-old is grateful for his experience with the Rossoblu.
“When I think of home I think of Antwerp,” he said in the second part of his YouTube interview with Lega Serie A.
Inter midfielder Radja Nainggolan has explained how his four-year spell at Cagliari helped shape him as a player. “I became a man in Sardinia.”
Nainggolan made over 100 appearances for Cagliari between 2010 and 2014 before joining Roma, and the 30-year-old is grateful for his experience with the Rossoblu.
“When I think of home I think of Antwerp,” he said in the second part of his YouTube interview with Lega Serie A.
“After that I joined Piacenza, where I was happy like a child, while in Cagliari I created my family and at Roma I felt fantastic.
“I have only good memories of my time there. There was a family at Cagliari, we played for a whole island.
“Every match was a battle. I became a man in Sardinia. it was an important challenge for me because I had to immediately put myself on show in Serie A.
“It was a tough test, but it went well. I didn’t expect to become a player I am today. My best memory is my first goal in Serie A, which came two weeks after the death of my mother, to whom I owe everything.
“The only pity is that she didn’t see me debut in Serie A, but I still owe everything to her.”