“Even buying Nadal will not hide the fact that this is the country that executes the most”

Mas Vale Tarde host Iñaki Lopez said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia “is not going to hide the fact that it is in this country that the most executions are carried out“done after it became known about the signing Rafael Nadal as an ambassador for the Saudi Arabian Tennis Federation. This decision caused great controversy and criticism of the tennis player for signing a contract with an “absolute monarchy” that does not respect human rights.

Lopez was persistent as he believes that “even not buying Nadal would hide the fact that this is the country that executes the most opponents,” a country that “considers women to be second-class citizens,” and its treatment of immigrants. “Saudi Arabia can buy everything But money cannot hide the fact that it is in this country that the largest number of executions are carried out,” he added. “It’s as if Jesse Owens, after winning the Berlin Olympics, was signed up by the Nazi Party to promote Hitler’s brotherhood.” “, he compared.

The journalist noted that such news “kills what little romanticism remains in sports.” However, he assured that there are athletes who are not for sale and for this reason “we must congratulate players like Rodrigo de Paul of Atlético Madrid, who said no carte blanche for Saudi Arabia“.