Pep Guardiola's curious way of defining Rafa Nadal: "He is one of the most incredible athletes of the time".

He has just retired, but we do not stop seeing him. Rafael Nadal went to Anfield Road a few days ago to witness live the duel between Liverpool and Real Madrid in which he could be seen singing You'll Never Walk Alone.

On his trip to England, Rafa not only visited the city of the Beatles to see his Madrid team, but also went to neighboring Manchester to enjoy the facilities of Manchester City and, incidentally, to chat with the players and their coach Pep Guardiola.

The de Santpedor defined this way to the maracorí after his encounter in declarations gathered by OK Diario:

"I know he's a Real Madrid fan and he came here to go to Anfield to watch Liverpool-Real Madrid in the Champions League, but before that, because his uncle and I were teammates at Barcelona... It was a pleasure to see him. He is one of the most incredible athletes of the era."

The award-winning coach shared some of his moments chatting with Rafa: "We talked about sport, how difficult it is to stay for so many years, as Federer or Djokovic have done for many years. In the end he has retired because of injuries, otherwise he would be here. He said an incredible phrase: "I love to play, I want to play tennis, but my body says it's enough".

"In a career as a soccer player, tennis is a sport you want, but your body says enough is enough. He wanted it desperately, he loves tennis, he wants to do it. Sometimes the human being has a limit and it is a sport in which he ended up exhausted by many games and here in soccer the same thing happens, "he finished commenting Guardiola.