Rafa Nadal has his membership card
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Llorenç Serra Ferrer Vice President has made the delivery to the world tennis number onehttp://www.futbolbalear.es Text


Rafa Nadal, ATP number one and a shareholder of RCD Mallorca, received on Wednesday August 4 your membership card to honor the hands of RCD Mallorca Llorenç Serra Ferrer, vice president of the Club, together with the Second Vice-director Jaume Cladera and Biel Cerdà.http://www.futbolbalear.es Text


The ceremony took place at the Centre de Tennis de Manacor Tecnificació at the end of training the world number one, and hours before Rafa gets on the plane to start the American tour that will take the U.S. Open. Rafa has made a small hole in the busy schedule to meet with their peers in the shareholding of the club, encourage them in the new project while delighted to receive the membership card of the season 2010/2011.Text http://www. futbolbalear.es


Serra Ferrer is happy about the involvement of Rafa Nadal in Mallorca RCD "is a partner in the club, but mostly we've got enormous respect and admiration. We took advantage of a hole to give the Club membership card before he leaves and ask him to represent to Mallorca in the world wherever you go. "

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The vice president of the Club, Serra Ferrer has delivered the best player in the world the membership card of Honor real Mallorca.
Nadal is very compromitido in helping the club land from a shareholder since he entered the group led by Serra Ferrer.

You know that is a companion again, is a shareholder member and we have all the respect and admiration all that you can have whatever sport at this level and we have taken to deliver the membership card and that represents a little there, where this Mallorca .
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Is this why Rafa signed on as a shareholder to help the financial woes of the league?


Cash-strapped Mallorca banned from Europa League

(AFP) – 3 hours ago

NYON, Switzerland — Cash-strapped Spanish league club Real Mallorca, who boast world tennis number one Rafael Nadal as a shareholder, have been banned from this season's Europa League, UEFA announced on Thursday.

European football's governing body said the decision had been taken after Mallorca, who finished in seventh spot in La Liga last season, fell foul of strict financial regulations.

In May, the club went into voluntary administration with debts estimated by the Spanish media at between 50 and 60 million euros.

"At its meeting in Nyon, the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body decided that the Spanish club RCD Mallorca is not admitted to the UEFA club competitions for the 2010/11 season," said a UEFA statement.

"The Control and Disciplinary Body ruled that the club does not fulfil the necessary admission criteria."

Nadal agreed to become a shareholder in his hometown club after winning his second Wimbledon title earlier this month.

Mallorca, who have appointed former Danish international Michael Laudrup as coach, now have three days in which to decide whether or not to appeal the ban.

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Nadal: "I will help Real Mallorca in everyway I can"

Rafael Nadal has been excited about the new stage has opened Real Mallorca, and from which he part with a shareholding. The world number one said that help in "everything possible" the club's red and has expressed his great confidence in the egg coach, Michael Laudrup, who likes its professionalism and its image.



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