After Martinez's list which didn't include him, Radja Nainggolan has relayed a given interview to the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad declaring he won't play for national team again: "I'm leaving because continuing hasn't any meaning. Last year I played 53 games with one of Italy's best teams, I always do my best, I'm fine with everyone and yet there is always some trouble. I'm leaving Belgium, I'm 29 and they won't make me go forward again. I have been forced to leave. From now on there will only be Roma".
"Martinez called me at 11, an hour before the announcement of the list. He told me I didn't seem focused enough in the last games I played with Belgium. I could have exploded with these sentences". The motive seems to be Nainggolan's lateness at the pre-match reunion against Estonia: "He hasn't told me anything about that. I've waited for the elevator for 37 seconds and I got late, it happened to others too". "I'm leaving because it hasn't any sense anymore. He calls Tielemans who's on the bench at Monaco and doesn't play a lot. He said the Red Devils had to play in the best leagues and then Witsel, who's playing in China, is also called up. Fine by me, but are we sure I have to improve my playing qualities?".
This summer, Martinez and Nainggolan were in Ibiza, where the coach has showed him they aren't on great terms: "We were in the same restaurant, he was seated at a table not far from mine. I didn't see him at first but he did. He didn't even said "Hello". I haven't said anything either, it's true, but how can you work with someone like that?".
