Why nicklas bendtner is just

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Premier League. La Liga. Serie A. Champions League. Sad, doggy eyes. Such desperate sorrow. Reflections on his wobble when his credit card was turned down in a Copenhagen pizzeria would also have been worthwhile viewing. Warm greetings — Nicklas. Fortunately, although we may know the feeling, all the non-Premier League footballers out there who endure the kind of excruciating misfortunes that happen to befall Bendtner don't generally find those moments dramatised in the newspapers or subjected to forensic examination over the internet.

That, in essence, was Bendtner's defence, and something he promises to rectify by shunning extracurricular distractions to focus fully on football. His message boiled down to an admission that he is an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job. He is not wrong. In a since deleted Instagram post, he had even uploaded a poster of him holding the Ballon d'Or and mockingly running as a candidate for Prime Minister in the June Danish Election.

The former Arsenal player has, in the past, declared himself the greatest in his position of a striker and even compared himself to Thierry Henry, which went in line with his 'Lord Bendtner' persona — an over-confident player who was regarded himself just a bit too highly.

Other antics he was involved in such as leaving a London night club with his jeans almost falling off, crashing an automobile and then peeling off his clothes to make sure that he was fine, and vandalising a car when on loan at Sunderland have all contributed to his 'Lord' gimmick.

Bendtner has around , followers on Instagram at the time of writing, and posts plenty of content from his time with Rosenborg. He is also a keen family man, and shares frequent posts of himself, his son and partner. The latest rumours and stories from around the world of football. Analysis and opinion from our chief football writer. How to get into football - the most popular sport in the world, with clubs and facilities throughout the UK. Bendtner scored the winner in the North London derby in aged 19 When he signed for Arsenal as a teenager he was one of the hottest prospects in Europe.

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