Fabio Cannavaro, manager of Guangzhou Evergrande, commented on the potential landing of Nainggolan in China to ExtraTime. These are his words:
“The failure to land Nainggolan? I admit there’s a little regret, but the negotiations were not simple. Radja is an extraordinary player, a complete player, that I could have fielded as an Asian in the Champions League due to his Indonesian origins.”
