Luis Figo defends Rafa Nadal after his controversial opinion on feminism: “It sucks that he's rich”

Rafael Nadal has raised a lot of dust on social networks for her latest statements about feminism, the salaries of women in sports compared to men and equal opportunities: “I have a son and a daughter and I want them to have the same opportunities. Then, let them work for them”. And he reduced his argument to: “I want women to earn more than men if they generate more than men”.

After the debate that his words generated on X, the old Twitter, Luis Figo He has written in his defense: “I think what bothers you the most is that he is free, rich and one of the best athletes of all time and he doesn't need the money to live.”. One more that hides behind false progressivism…

The former Real Madrid and Barça player, advisor and ambassador of UEFA since 2017, responded to a column by Ángeles Caballero in The Countryin which the journalist reflected: “That moment is beautiful when [Nadal] He says he has a sister and mother. I wish I had a gay friend, a black neighbor and we would have the gentleman's all-inclusive package not yet deconstructed.”

Rafa Nadal's opinion

“The investment for me should be the same for men and women. Opportunities? The same. Salaries… the same? No, for what?“, Xisca Perelló's husband explained to Ana Pastor, in an interview that aired this Wednesday on laSexta. “Tell me what it means to be a feminist,” the tennis player continued. “If a feminist means believing that a man and a woman deserve exactly the same opportunities, I am a feminist”Nadal declared. “Of course, that's being a feminist,” Pastor confirmed. “I have a son and a daughter and I want them to have the opportunities. Then, I want them to work for them,” the presenter continued. “Of course, and I have a sister, I have a mother…” Nadal said, making it clear that they agreed on that point.

In any case, the athlete was very clear when explaining his point of view again, which does not involve ensuring that salaries are equal by 'law'. “Of course I want equality. And equality does not lie in giving away. It lies in If Serena Williams earns more than me, I want Serena to earn more than me. If she fills stadiums, it is more important and her potential in the US is greater than in Spain, I do not want, because I am Rafa Nadal, to win more than Serena,” she explained. “I want women to earn more than men if they generate more than men”he insisted.

The father of little Rafa, who this year is experiencing his last sporting season as a professional player and returned to the playing fields a few weeks ago, also spoke about other issues such as his controversial contract with Saudi Arabia to be Saudi tennis ambassador: “My objective is none other than to encourage tennis”assured the man from Manacor in the The objective. Regarding whether “it has been lent” to “whitewash” Saudi Arabia, where human rights violations occur, Nadal said: “When I made the decision to accept, we made a communication error on the day it was announced, I was not as on top as I should have been. I should have gone out and reported it. The feeling that was left is that they buy everything there with money, and now Rafa also goes for money. But it's not like that“, the Pastor explained to them.