Chelsea transfer news: Farewell sweet mohawked prince
It is as it is, and it was not to be. Chelsea FC and midfield target Radja Nainggolan must now do life apart after dreams of one together.
Fare thee well Sweet Mohawked Prince.
"Nainggolan told fans at Trigoria this morning, as reported by Gazzetta dello Sport: “Will I stay at Roma? Yes.” –Radja Nainggolan, via Football Italia"
Whether we loved you too much or too little, we will never know. For your countenance mimicked that of a stone. Maybe the timing was all wrong, maybe the time will never be right.
Perhaps you are happy. Perhaps it was wrong of us to infringe. Perhaps, as is frequently the cause of many a worn relationship, leaving is just hard.
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So now we go our separate ways. What could have been has evaporated. Lifting into the atmosphere in invisible existence along with the dreams of children anew, wishes of superstition and desperation, and fervent prayers from bent knees to a god that isn’t there.
You, back to Roma, back to a magical city and a decent club, to toil again. The familiar will soothe and comfort you. Those colors, that ground, the same as it’s been for decades now. The spikes on your cleats finding it hard to dig into a patch of grass they’ve never been in. They may bore and groan but you did as you desired, and noisy boots are easily replaced.
At Stamford Bridge, life will move on too. Admittedly, not as easily. It wanted you, and in some ways, it needed you. If not you, the man, you the symbol. The first true rumor, the first prize to be won, the first love of a virgin summer. You were to be a symbol that, as bad as things had gotten, they were better than believed. When ruined, you need a reason to look up. You were up.
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Chelsea will find more as-capable suitors, and likely more eager, too. But you will never be forgotten, for it was in your rejection that a precious lesson of life and love was learned: N’Golo Kante is a better fit anyway.