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The Football Hard Man Index No.7: Miguel Angel Nadal – ‘The Beast’

By Ollie Irish

A man’s man’s man, was Big Mig. He earned the nickname ‘The Beast’ mostly because he was just a big old unit with a huge head. But he was much, much more than just a hatchet man – the boy could play. After all, you don’t spend almost a decade in Barcelona’s first team if you don’t know what to do with a football.

Stat-trick: Miguel is the uncle of tennis star Rafael Nadal. Rafa supports Real Madrid though.

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By Ollie Irish on October 14th, 2010 in Barcelona, Hardmen, La Liga, Retro. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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5 Responses to “The Football Hard Man Index No.7: Miguel Angel Nadal – ‘The Beast’”

  1. Meji says:

    I swear Rafa supports Mallorca

  2. Mac says:

    Nah, Rafa is definitely a Real Madrid fan.

  3. Ollie Irish says:

    @ Meji: Mac is right. Rafa invested some money in Mallorca (he’s from there, I think) but he’s a very passionate Real fan.

  4. deckard says:

    ferrer, nadal, guardiola, hierro, beguiristain, abelardo, alkorta, salinas, sergi barjuan etc etc

    spain had an absolutely brilliant generation of players in the early-mid 90′s, the core being cruyff’s barca dream team, a shame the national team still suffered from the choking syndrome back then.

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