Real Madrid fan Rafael Nadal questions why people are criticising Lionel Messi over leaked contract

Actual Madrid fan Rafael Nadal has weighed in on the talk over Lionel Messi’s leaked contract which claimed the Argentine had received over 555 million euros since signing four-year deal on the Camp Nou in 2017.

The 20-time Grand Slam winner struggles to see why Messi ought to be criticised for being paid what the membership really feel they wish to give him.

“I do not perceive the talk,” Nadal advised reporters in quotes carried by Marca.

“There is a participant there who’s undoubtedly among the best within the historical past of soccer and he prices what the membership are prepared to pay him.

Nadal additionally offers his ideas on his membership Actual Madrid. He feels they’re at present going via “powerful occasions” with the La Liga membership 10 factors off prime spot in Spain.

“[Real] Madrid’s state of affairs is troublesome,” Nadal added.

“It is rather a lot tougher to plan at a sporting and membership degree, to plan signings, renewals, and the disaster makes it troublesome to know what might occur.

“These are powerful occasions, and everybody has to attempt to survive.”

After drawing degree with Roger Federer’s report of 20 Grand Slams final yr, Nadal might as soon as once more capitalise on the Swiss’s absence from this yr’s Australian Open to turn out to be probably the most profitable participant in males’s tennis.

But he continues to be plagued by a back injury as doubts develop about his participation on the Australian Open. The 34-year-old stated he’s present process medical remedy.

“I am not deadly, however I am not nicely sufficient,” Nadal stated.

“I am present process remedy and I belief that issues will get higher, however I am not prepared but.”

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