Rafael Nadal will be proposed as a member of the Board of Directors of the real Madrid next Saturday, November 21. The General Assembly of Commitment Members must approve the appointment, the white club reported.
“The Board of Directors of Real Madrid CF, meeting today, Wednesday, November 4, has agreed to submit to the General Assembly of Committed Members the ratification of the appointment of Rafael Nadal Parera, member number 67,778 of our club, as a new member of the Board of Directors,” the statement announced.
Nadal was already an honorary member of Real Madrid. The club describes the tennis player from Manacor as “one of the greatest legends in the history of sport and one of the most admired and recognized Spanish athletes throughout the world.”
“For Real Madrid and for all of Madrid fans, it is an enormous source of pride that a figure of his sporting and human dimension, a benchmark in Spanish and world sport, becomes part of our Board of Directors and contributes, from this responsibility, to the present and future of our club,” he adds.
The values
Furthermore, it affects the connection between the “values” of Rafael Nadal and those of Real Madrid. “His figure represents much more than his successes: his talent, his spirit of permanent improvement, his capacity for sacrifice, his competitiveness, his humility, his respect for rivals and his teammates and his commitment to solidarity make him an example on and off the slopes.”
“All these values are part of the identity of Real Madrid and Rafael Nadal has represented and defended them throughout his entire sporting life. Becoming a reference for millions of people around the world,” he concludes.
Nadal indicated in a message published on his social networks that he thanks the club’s top leader and the board for this proposal, which he accepted “with great enthusiasm, desire to learn and contribute everything he can.”
