Criticism Does Not Affect Me Anymore – Higuain

Chelsea striker, Gonzalo Higuain has come out to say that criticism does not affect him.

The Argentine forward has always been blasted for his failure to help his country lift a major trophy, and he also exited Napoli to play for rival club, Juventus, three years ago.

His words to ESPN, “I always regretted hiding, not going out on the street for fear of what people might say,”

“There are people who cause so much pain and do so many bad things and yet they go out there showing their faces without shame,

“And we, who don’t kill anyone, who do things well, who only play a sport, why can’t we go out? Once I started to understand this, I started to go out, to live life more. I am grateful for it because life just goes by and suddenly you are 40 or 50 and you can’t go back. I live better.”

“I suffered. Even if you don’t look at social media, it still reaches you. I’m now at a stage in my life when nothing hurts.

“I’ve played in the best leagues, the best teams, in three World Cups and in the Copa America. It no longer affects me what people say. I have overcome it. When I was young, I didn’t imagine that I would achieve 10 percent of what I have. Why am I going to worry what they say?”

“I didn’t want to be locked up at home as I had been in the past. I didn’t want to experience that with my wife and daughter.

“My wife was great help to be able to go out on the street without any fear. It’s one of the things that I’m most grateful for, to have overcome this.”