Pundit Says Rafael Nadal's Real Madrid Board Role Is a Win-Win

This Wednesday we woke up to the news that Real Madrid, through a statement, had invited the world-famous tennis player Rafael Nadal to its Board of Directors, who is well known for being a big fan of the merengue team. Hours after the invitation was made public, Nadal shared through his social media a small but emotional message in which he accepted the proposal, thus officially linking himself to the institution.

Given this news, David Sanchez gave a message on La Tribu on Thursday morning about what, in his opinion, this Real Madrid "signing" means. "The incorporation of Mr. Rafael Nadal Parera to Real Madrid's board is a textbook win-win for all parties," he began.

"On Rafael Nadal's part, being a Madridista, he would be eager to work and dedicate some of his time to the team of his heart. And for Real Madrid, it is a triple win-win. First, because you incorporate a guy who brings people together, who is loved and, above all, very respected by all Madridistas. Second, because you modernize and rejuvenate a Board of Directors that has been at the helm of the club's management for many years.

And third, because it gives the sensation that you are taking him away from Enrique Riquelme's candidacy, with whom Rafa Nadal was linked in the last Real Madrid presidential elections. In this case too, Florentino Perez gets it right. I repeat, a textbook win-win: Nadal's incorporation into Real Madrid's board. Now it remains to be seen what role he will play. As an ambassador, honors. As a manager, he has plenty of time to learn," he concluded.

Nadal arrives at the board in a transition stage for the club. Jose Mourinho arrived this summer and has begun to settle the pieces into place. A locker room that seemed to have been left broken by the departure of Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa: the Portuguese arrived to restore order at Valdebebas. The players seem to be very comfortable with him, and the results are beginning to accompany the team in a good way.

About two weeks ago, he achieved something that seemed impossible at the start of the season: beating Barcelona at the Camp Nou. Now, it is in third place in LaLiga, but on the next matchday both the Culers, who are leaders, and Atletico de Madrid, who are second, will face each other at the Metropolitano, which ensures that one of the two, or both, will drop points along the way, which can be taken great advantage of by the merengues.