The eccentric Nicklas Bendtner retired: the story of the footballer who abused alcohol and lost a fortune in gambling

He appeared in the first team of Arsenal of England in the 2005/2006 season, when many pointed to him as the disciple of Thierry Henry. After being loaned to Birmingham for a year, he returned to London with the Gunners and began to be called up regularly for the Denmark National Team, with which he played the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the Eurocup in Poland and Ukraine in 2012. He won Serie A with Juventus when he was loaned out and added two titles with German Wolfsburg. The race of Nicklas Bendtner he fell apart and his particular lifestyle had a lot to do with it. At the age of 33, he decided to retire.

After a long time looking for a club (he waited for a millionaire proposal from China that never materialized), the Danish last step through Nottinham Forest (2016/2017) and Rosenborg of Norway, with whom he celebrated the title at the end of 2018, hung up booties and will no longer inflate nets. At the time he declared that one day he would play for Barcelona or Real Madrid but he never kept his promise.

Will he be remembered more for his scoring side or for the scandals he starred in off the pitch?

Some time ago he gave a preview of his autobiography in which he told how he squandered a fortune when he was 23 years old and was already a recognized figure of Arsenal. “I am too drunk to sit at a table. In roulette it’s just about going red or black, so I thought … It won’t be that difficult. I have lost 400,000 pounds (USD 519,000) in 90 minutes, money that I do not have, I have exposed my account. I’m broke if my luck doesn’t change. I manage, staggering, to reach the bathrooms, pour water on my face. I am looking for an ATM and I get 50,000 euros more to recover part of what I lost ”, said Lord Bendtner which was one of his worst excursions to a casino on a summer morning.

On his evident addiction to the game, he elaborated: “When I was injured and could not feel the absolute emotion of living on the edge on the field, the game gave me adrenaline. Obviously, the higher the risk, the higher the adrenaline. So you go for high stakes. I’ve never been a guy who cares about money as a way to show off. At first it was more about fun. “

In his autobiography called Both Sides (Both Sides) he also made reference to his predilection for prostitutes and provided his arguments: “There are nightlife gold diggers who are there to have relationships, then take a picture of you while you sleep and demand things to keep their mouths shut. One of the girls I was with said she was pregnant. He said there was a price if he didn’t want me to do something about it. ‘What does it mean?’ And he replied that I had to pay for a new pair of breasts. So I ended up paying the plastic surgeon for his visit. “

His discipline was not exemplary either during the commitments with his teams: “They were so out of my mind that I shitted my pants and threw up all over the place.”, detailed about a drunkenness prior to the debut with the Danish national team in which he ended up being taken by his friends to his house in a wheelbarrow.

At Arsenal he came to insult the historic Arsene Wenger when he forbade her to go to the Crystal Palace and He even commanded a glory like Henry to shut up, who patiently advised that youthful unconscious. And he was also sanctioned by the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Commission with a fine of 100 thousand euros for celebrating a goal against Portugal by displaying the bottom of his boxer shorts, which bore the mark of a bookmaker.

The attacker who fell into a well of mind when he was out of the call for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and admitted that “I felt like shit, crying”He acknowledged the mistakes he made when he was younger: “I became too fond of the lifestyle that came with money. Now I wanted to go back in time and hit that young man on the head with a hammer and make him understand what a chance he had. Telling him that he had something special, something that he had to take care of. There is definitely some regret for not taking my career in a more positive way. “

In 2019, you had to wear an electronic ankle brace for 50 days after having shattered the jaw of a taxi driver in a street altercation. He had anticipated months ago that since the birth of his son he enjoyed being by his side and that the other thing that gave him the most pleasure in life was playing soccer. Without a contract in a club, he waited for an opportunity in the market. “If something comes up as a player, I’ll look at it. If not, I am preparing for the next chapter, “he declared. What will that next step be? Solo Lord Bendtner he knows.

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