Premier League In his autobiography he relates his problems with money and gambling
Nicklas Bendtner, lanky Danish forward known for his stint with teams like the Arsenalabove all, and Juve looks back, with such only 32 years old, to his sports career, which aimed at much more, but as he assures, Destroyed by being carried away by “the lifestyle that money entails.” Now, he is without a team because the Covid-19 paralyzed his march to the Chinese league and he considers leaving if nothing interesting comes to him.
In its autobiography, published last year and now reviewed in The Guardian with the Danish journalist who wrote it, Bendtner regrets having ruined a promising career and reviews the moments in which rock bottom.
“I’m too drunk to sit at a table”, writes with the help of a Danish journalist about a visit to the casino when he was already an internationally known footballer, aged 23. “I have wasted 400,000 pounds in 90 minutes, money that I do not have, I have exposed my account. I’m bankrupt if my luck doesn’t change. I manage, staggering, to reach the toilets, pour water on my face. I’m looking for an ATM and consgio another 30,000 pounds to keep playing, “he recalls.
At 30, Bendtner was left out of Denmark’s squad for the 2018 World Cup. “I sat on the shit, crying. I would like to go back in time and hit that young man on the head with a hammer. Make him understand the opportunity he had, that he has something special to take care of,” he recalls nostalgically.
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