Tennis nice Rafael Nadal is about to affix the board of Spanish soccer giants Actual Madrid.
Nadal received 22 Grand Slam titles, two Olympic gold medals and helped Spain declare 5 Davis Cups earlier than retiring in 2024.
Actual’s members might be requested to approve the 40-year-old’s appointment to the board at a gathering later this month.
In an announcement asserting the transfer, exterior, the membership stated Nadal was “one of many biggest legends within the historical past of sport and one of the crucial admired and recognised Spanish athletes on this planet”.
“It’s a nice supply of satisfaction {that a} determine of his sporting and human stature, a benchmark of Spanish and world sport, will grow to be a part of our board of administrators and contribute, from this place of duty, to the current and way forward for our membership,” Actual added.
The tennis legend – a boyhood Actual fan who holds member’s quantity 67,778 – included a photograph of himself as a toddler in a membership equipment in his response to the information.
“I wish to thank president Florentino Perez and the board for proposing that I be a part of the board of administrators of Actual Madrid,” Nadal stated in his submit on X, exterior.
“I’ve accepted this proposal with nice pleasure, a want to study, and a willingness to contribute all the pieces I can.”
It’s at the moment unclear as to what duties Nadal would maintain on the membership’s board.
Perez was re-elected to serve a brand new four-year time period as Actual president in June, having held the workplace since 2009.
He swiftly appointed Jose Mourinho to a second spell as head coach, hoping to enhance the membership’s fortunes after they went a second season with no trophy in La Liga, the Champions League or the Copa del Rey.
Actual are at the moment third within the league after 11 video games – three factors behind defending champions Barcelona.