“He is incredible”- Former Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho feels Rafael Nadal could have been an amazing football player


“He is incredible”- Former Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho feels Rafael Nadal could have been an amazing football player

Jose Mourinho

“Rafael Nadal is often considered like the Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo of football. And Jose Mourinho believes that the player could have been just like Messi or Ronaldo if he played football too.

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Rafael Nadal’s uncle, Miguel Angel was a footballer at Barcelona playing under Jose Mourinho making over 200 appearances for the Blaugrana. As a result, Rafael was at the club a lot and Jose Mourinho saw his talent for the sport.

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Speaking about Nadal,  Mourinho said, “He is incredible. I am happy he didn’t, but he could also have been a fantastic football player. His uncle was my player in Barcelona in 1996. I know that Rafa can play football well.”

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“So he could have played with his physicality, mentality, and his skill, too. He could be. Thank you so much he wasn’t. Because in tennis he is what he is,” Mourinho concluded.

Rafael Nadal has been one of the most successful Tennis players of all-time winning 22 grand slams in his career while also lifting the Davis Cup 4 times for his country. Although at 36, the player knows that his time on the tennis court is limited. Speaking about it, Rafael Nadal said, “Of course, the treatment that I didn’t fix my injury.”

“Not improving my injury at all, but can take out a little bit of the pain. That’s the main goal. Honestly, I feel happy because the toughest thing is when you have too much pain — not playing tennis.”

“Tennis is the second part of your life. Probably the toughest part is having pain in your life on a daily basis. If you don’t have pain outside of the tennis, it’s fine. Maybe you don’t play tennis.”

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“But the problem that I have is I have pain walking every single day. That sometimes affects your happiness… and how the attitude is not positive all the time. That’s all. Positive now. Let’s see what can happen in the future.”

Jose Mourinho has enjoyed similar success on the football pitch. The Portuguese recently won his 5th European finals lifting the UEFA Conference LEague with AS Roma as he now works on winning the Scudetto with the Italian club.

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