Last Monday the nominees to win the prize Laureus to the best male athlete of the year 2022, with Lionel Messi as one of the candidates to keep the award. Another of the nominees is the tennis player Rafael Nadalwho, upon learning of his candidacy, published a message on social networks where He was honest and assured that the Flea deserves to win it.
The Argentinian star, chosen the best player of the Qatar World Cup 2022where was Champion with the Argentine National TeamHe did not take long to respond to the Spanish, he returned the praise but also threw flowers at the rest of the nominees. “That an athlete as great as you puts that on me leaves me speechless. Thank you very much @rafaelnadal, you also deserve everything for the way you compete every time you go out on the court. You are a winner, we still have a lot of competition there, huh They all deserve it @laureyssport this year the truth”, Leo wrote on his Instagram account.
In addition to Messi and Nadal, an official video confirmed who the candidates for the award are: Kylian Mbappe (French National Team), Max Verstappen (Formula 1 champion), Mondo Duplantis (pole vault world champion, Sweden) and Stephen Curry (NBA champion with Golden State Warriors).
The Laureus Awards for Rafael Nadal and Lionel Messi
For none of the stars of their sport, this edition would be their first Laureus award: Nadal got it in 2011 and 2021 y Messi in 2020although shared with the Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton.
