Three years ago, these days, Cagliari beat Fiorentina 5-2 in the sign of the Ninja. Europe was seen as the sea, he was the savior of the homeland. Then what happened to the rossoblùs and to the talented midfielder who is now thirty-four, the cross and delight of not only Sardinian fans, is written in the history of the club.

What has Radja Nainngolan done so bad now? We had left him under house arrest in Antwerp for an episode of driving without a licence. Previously, the driving document had been withdrawn from him and he would have had to take an exam to get it back, at least so the chronicles tell. One fact is certain: in Belgium, evidently, they punish more rigorously than in Italy, regardless of lineage, descent or nobility. In all senses.

On Sunday Antwerp (among other things, the city where the midfielder was born and raised), after having taken him out of the team, communicated that they had decided, after a meeting with the player, for the transfer. And the intention to collaborate with Nainnggolan to find a new accommodation. In short, they gave him the thumbs up.

On social networks, the fans immediately went in no particular order: there are those who condemn him, those who acquit him, but also those who plead the cause of a new chance in the rossoblù. In Cagliari Nainggolan would also swim again, as he has repeatedly stated. And Cagliari would need a motivator for the team rather than a leader. A player capable of giving the jolt when needed and instilling that sense of belonging that he has shown to possess in profusion.

However, realistically, Nainggolan's third return to Cagliari appears difficult. The specialized media have, if anything, compared him to Massimo Cellino's Brescia , the president who launched him into the football of the greats, but even in this case they seem to be just rumors of free exit.

Soon we will know the sporting fate of what, with full rights, can be defined as one of the strongest players to ever wear the Cagliari shirt. Regardless of the non-football events that concern him and that have affected him in the past (and which have divided the guilty and the guarantors so much), his answer remains emblematic: "I have always given everything on the pitch, what I do outside should not interest anyone ”. Meanwhile, the latest photos (not very recent) that the midfielder has posted on social media show him wearing the Roma shirt.

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