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Leo Messi and Rafael Nadal (Reuters)
Honor among kings? After the great support from Rafael Nadal in the direction of Leo Messi with the publication of the six athletes nominated for winning the prestigious Laureus award, the Argentine did not remain indifferent to the compliments from the bull from Majorca and responded to him through a story on his Instagram account.
“When an athlete as great as you says such a thing, it leaves me speechless,” he wrote Leo Messi very modestly. “Thank you very much, Rafa Nadal, you also deserve everything for the way you compete every time you go out on the court. You’re a winner,” praised the 35-year-old world champion, who at the end joked with his Spanish friend: “We still have a lot of competition there, huh? They all deserve this year’s Laureus Award.”
In addition to Leo Messi and Rafael Nadal, PSG forward Kylian Mbappe, Golden State player Steph Kerry, Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen and world and Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis are candidates for the Laureus Award for the best athlete of the year.
