Rafael Nadal answered all the questions of Juanma Castaño in an exclusive interview broadcast on Movistar+ on Monday night. The Balearic tennis player did not avoid any topic, not even the questions about the possibility of presiding over Real Madrid,something that the Balearic Islands does not rule out at the moment.
“If I want to be president of Real Madrid? I don’t know. I promise it’s not a dream, but I think I would like it. But there are many things. Today we have the best president possible. Then, what you may think today may not be what you may think tomorrow. And after life takes many turns. Furthermore, one has to know if one is qualified to do what type of things,” he said before reviewing the current situation of the white team.
Nadal stated that he would be “happy you came” the French attacker to the club Kylian Mbappé: “I’m waiting for Mbappé with open arms, I don’t have any problem with him, on the contrary. I’m happy that he came. Of course I like him, it’s just missing. Who doesn’t like him? I don’t hold a grudge against him for not having come. still. What obligation did I have to come?”
“Madrid is Madrid and he is bigger than any player, but Mbappé has no obligation to come to Madrid when the fans want him to come. If he has to come, he will know first and then those who have to know will know. We’ll see what happens. And if there is no resentment, quite the opposite. Gratitude because it will surely come when it comes, if it comes, he will do it having given up a lot of money“he added.
Rafa’s reflection on Djokovic’s feat
Beyond his relationship with the team of his life, Nadal left an interesting reflection on the feat of his great rival, Novak Djokovic, when asked about the race of the ‘greats’ now led by the Serbian. The Spanish tennis player confessed that he did not feel frustrated at being now behind, a statement to which Juanma responded to Nadal with an ironic “Rafa, with 22 Grand Slams you cannot live frustrated”. And that was when the slow reflection of the world tennis legend came.
“Yes, it is possible. For example, I think Novak lives it more intensely than I do. For him, I do think it would have been a greater frustration not to achieve it. Maybe thanks to that he has achieved it“, he said before giving clues about whether he will be able to compete with the Serbian and Alcaraz for the big titles.
My dream is not to return and win Roland Garros or Australia
“I would like to play again and be competitive. My dream is not to return and win Roland Garros or Australia, so that people do not get confused. I am very aware that in the time I am in Nowadays that is very far away“, he declared, although always without closing the door completely… “I’m not saying impossible because in the end things in sport change very quickly,” he stated about his more than expected return to the slopes, still no date marked in red on the calendar.
