Roma defender Leandro Castan has revealed that former team-mate Radja Nainggolan would leave their team dressing toom to smoke with the assistant manager.
Naiggolan is now playing for Cagliari on loan from Inter Milan but the 32-year-old was a Roma player for four years from 2014 - joining from the side he is now back playing for.
'He arrived from Cagliari and I knew little about him at the time. But, right on his first match, he would tackle an opponent with class before kick starting an attacking move, then I knew what calibre of player he was,' Castan said to Goal.
'He's a fine player, but unfortunately he'd get into a lot of controversy.
'When he was at Roma, he'd leave the dressing room to have a smoke with the assistant manager, he did what he pleased and wouldn't care what people would think of it.'
Despite his unhealthy habits off of the field, Castan was impressed by Nainggolan's ability on it.
'But he would then go and deliver on the pitch, where it matters. It was great to play alongside him.'
Naiggolan departed Rome for Inter in 2018, playing a season at the San Siro before returning to Cagliari.
His side were 12th in Serie A when play in Italy was halted due to the outbreak of coronavirus.
Castan, meanwhile, left Roma to play for Brazilian side Vasco de Gama in 2018.
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