“There are a lot of positives for me, even if I haven’t played a single minute. A CM is perhaps the experience of a lifetime? ! In 2014 and 2018 I was going to honk in the streets with my friends when the Belgians were winning. The young people, in Qatar, we have acquired the experience of group life, and it is a bonus for the future and for the following young people.
Of course I would have liked to play more, and it’s a shame to have been eliminated so quickly, but I’m sure that Robert Martinez made his choices in the interest of the group. And I’m not going to get offended or shut down for that. There will be other World Cups and other Euros.
No, he didn’t explain his choices to me, but that’s normal, he had other concerns. I did not expect explanations. I don’t blame him at all, he’s an extraordinary man, and it was he who launched me and integrated me perfectly into the group of the Red Devils.
I was sad when he announced his departure. He has done so many things for the national team and the federation, so many positive things. It shocks me to see all the criticism it has received. It’s easy to criticize when things aren’t going so well. In Belgium, there are 11 million coaches”.
