BT sport maybe. He said he was still in touch with players.
He actually speaks at least 8 languages according to Uefa's list, and they didn't include Lingala. How can one be "dumb" and "smart" at the same time?
The dumb thing is to believe that a player upon signing a huge contract with a club is automatically going to forget friends and bury all the emotions and feelings he's developed in the previous years.
Fans expecting players to love their clubs unconditionally are beyond delusional.
Maybe he was not trying to acheive anything special. Just speaking his mind and answering the questions asked of him truthfully.