{"id":9644,"date":"2026-11-05T07:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/dont-stop-loving-nadal-over-madrid-role-mourinho-tells-fans\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T07:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:17:23","slug":"dont-stop-loving-nadal-over-madrid-role-mourinho-tells-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/dont-stop-loving-nadal-over-madrid-role-mourinho-tells-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t stop loving Nadal over Madrid role, Mourinho tells fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"67.0116156283\">\n<p>Real Madrid manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho has urged supporters of Rafa Nadal not to turn their backs on the tennis legend following the club\u2019s decision to propose him for a place on the board of directors.\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after Real Madrid\u2019s 3-2 Champions League win over AEK Athens, Mourinho welcomed the news with characteristic warmth.\n<\/p>\n<p>As reported by football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano on X on Thursday, Mourinho was quoted as saying, \u201cRafa Nadal and Real Madrid? Chapeau. It\u2019s a fantastic news. Congrats to the club and to Rafa,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>He then added: \u201cWhat I will say is that I hope the fans who support him do not stop supporting him just because he is now a Real Madrid member!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nadal, a lifelong Madridista and long-time honorary member of the club, is set to join the board subject to ratification at the General Assembly on 21 November. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mourinho described the appointment as a source of pride for the club and its supporters, while light-heartedly appealing for Nadal\u2019s wider fanbase to continue backing him.<\/p>\n<p>In the same press conference, Mourinho turned to squad matters and singled out young Brazilian forward Endrick.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the depth of his options, the Portuguese coach admitted: \u201cIt makes me angry how many great players I have that I can\u2019t play or start every game\u2026\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted Endrick\u2019s value as an impact substitute, noting that facing the energetic attacker late in matches, when opposing defenders are already tired, is \u201ca real tragedy\u201d for them.\n<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho emphasised that the strength of the squad is an asset, provided every player puts the team first.\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#cabea2afafaea3bea5b88ababfa4a9a2a4ade4a9a5a7\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"add9c5c8c8c9c4d9c2dfedddd8c3cec5c3ca83cec2c0\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho has urged supporters of Rafa Nadal not to turn their backs on the tennis legend following the club\u2019s decision to propose him for a place&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}