The possibility that Nadal or King take out up the subject of active French puppet reporters before the visit of the team that won the Davis Cup
Limited access for the press accreditation for the amount requested
In fact, there is only a number of photographers who work in `pool´
A journalist by. Neither more nor less. Not even those who have a permanent press pass at the Zarzuela Palace may use it on Tuesday morning. The reason, obvious: Rafa Nadal and the other players who were crowned champions of the Davis Cup in 2011 will be received by SS. MM. in audience and the possibility of a cocktail that also includes the now famous `puppet´ French is too attractive.
Less importance has been seen that only the world number two made early in the morning at the Moncloa Palace to meet with the prime minister, Mariano Rajoy. At least in Moncloa not seem overwhelmed by the request for accreditation as it has happened in the Zarzuela. And that is the possibility that the Spanish athlete advocate greater international visibility in one direction or another in the so-called `crisis of puppets´ interests. A lot.
"The meeting with Rajoy is just to talk about tennis, which is what you like the prime minister and what he likes to Rafa," said a source close to tennis DPA. And from the Moncloa maintaining the secrecy: "We are not aware. And if anything, is absolutely private." The truth is that the quote is usual in Spain, because every time an athlete or team achieved a great victory, the government and the king, sooner or later pay homage.
All this does not mean that one of the main issues discussed between Rajoy Nadal or Juan Carlos himself is the penalty for Alberto Contador and the controversy sparked by Canal + France by emissions from their `puppets´. Some dolls in which Nadal appeared caricatured himself using his own urine as a fuel or signing, along with Iker Casillas and Ricky Rubio, a statement of support to counter with a giant syringe.
"I was in a bar watching the morning news. They took this video, I came to training and I told Rafael," he told DPA Toni Nadal, uncle and coach of world number two, which is being finalized in Manacor , on the island of Mallorca, for tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami.
The plan of Nadal was not responding to what many see as a Spanish "provocation", but after one of his training, Nadal met with several journalists and could not resist: "Those of us who have to defend are those of above ".
Said and done. In the days after the Madrid government contacted the Paris to convey their anger, while the Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) and the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) announced a lawsuit in court against the French broadcaster Canal +.
Toni Nadal believes the country of origin of the joke power the reaction. "If this puppet came from another site instead of France, no problem. But with the background, as Yannick Noah, for example, you have left a bitter aftertaste," he said, recalling the doping allegations that former French tennis player did in November to Spanish sport.
"Not necessarily one has to defend himself, the defense are the controls that are negative," he went Nadal´s uncle. "If you call me `bastard´ zero bothers me, because I know how my mother. The same peace I have with Rafa on the tennis court, "he added. And in this way is Nadal´s strategy and its environment: "Speaking of puppets? Who are the puppets?".