{"id":4679,"date":"2026-05-14T00:42:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=4679"},"modified":"2026-05-14T00:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:42:45","slug":"nadal-responds-to-real-madrid-presidency-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/nadal-responds-to-real-madrid-presidency-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadal responds to Real Madrid presidency rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Nadal dismissed reports linking him with a future bid to become president of Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-time Grand Slam champion, a lifelong supporter of the Spanish giants, took to social media on Wednesday to clarify his position amid growing speculation surrounding the club\u2019s upcoming presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have read reports that link me to possible candidacies for the presidency of Real Madrid. I would like to clarify that these reports are not true,\u201d he posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>His statement came a day after current president Florentino P\u00e9rez officially confirmed that elections would be held at the club.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">He le\u00eddo informaciones que me relacionan con posibles candidaturas a la presidencia del Real Madrid. Me gustar\u00eda aclarar que estas informaciones no son ciertas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RafaelNadal\/status\/2054572312305762774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite distancing himself from the rumours, Nadal has never hidden his interest in leading Real Madrid one day, although he has consistently voiced support for P\u00e9rez\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, I would like to be president of Real Madrid,&#8221; Nadal said in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But at the moment there&#8217;s nothing to say, because we have the best possible president. Afterwards, life takes many turns and you have to consider whether you are capable of certain things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since stepping away from professional tennis in 2024, Nadal has increasingly expanded his involvement in various sporting and business ventures, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/nadal-vs-lebron-vs-drogba-vs-kohli-only-in-e1-series-powerboat-racing\/\">the E1 Series powerboat championship<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/aguero-nadal-and-gasly-back-in-padel-spotlight-as-hexagon-cup-returns\/\">padel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQxjaDwEVpK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQxjaDwEVpK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by E1 Series (@e1series)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Nadal dismissed reports linking him with a future bid to become president of Real Madrid. The 22-time Grand Slam champion, a lifelong supporter of the Spanish giants, took to social media on Wednesday to clarify his position amid growing speculation surrounding the club\u2019s upcoming presidential elections. \u201cI have read reports that link me to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/nadal-responds-to-real-madrid-presidency-rumours\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nadal responds to Real Madrid presidency rumours<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[127,264],"class_list":["post-4679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-football","tag-tennis-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4680,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4679\/revisions\/4680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}