Zidane's departure becomes clearer, Raul in pole position to replace him

This time, the end of the adventure is drawing near for Zinédine Zidane.

Information revealed on Friday afternoon by the local

TeleMadrid

channel

was picked up by several large Spanish dailies.

According to the media, the former glory of the Blues has also made this decision, motivated by "physical and mental wear", for several months.

And even a second Spanish league title, for which Real Madrid are still in the running (two points behind Atletico two days from the end) would not change the situation. 

"Zidane made the decision to leave," we find at the bottom of the

Sport cover

.

The Catalan daily specifies that the French technician would thus give up his last year of contract and his salary of 13.5 million euros net per season.

In addition,

Sport

understands that no clause will be activated, and certainly not the one that allowed the coach three times winner of the Champions League (2016, 2017, 2018) to leave the

Merengues

to take the head of the French team. 

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Raul holds the rope to replace him 

If the departure of the native of Marseille becomes clearer, the name of his successor would have been decided internally.

Marca

made it his headline: “Raul the alternative”.

In the race for the rise in the second division, which would be a first for the reserve of Real for nine seasons, the current coach of Castilla would have the favors of president Florentino Perez.

“Raul is ready, he demonstrated it, argues

Marca

.

He feels the team like no other and knows the identity of Real to perfection. "

#LaPortada Raúl, the alternativa https://t.co/Y6VZm8xweb

- MARCA (@marca) May 15, 2021

Winner of the very first Youth League (Youth Champions League) of the club last August, the legendary striker of Real Madrid (323 goals), former captain of the club, knows perfectly the contours of the squad since many players of the Castilla were started on the top floor by Zidane (Blanco, Gutierrez, Marvin).

But Real will soon have to nominate the fourth highest scorer in the history of C1 (71 goals, tied with Karim Benzema), since

Marca

reveals he has been approached by several clubs, including Schalke 04 (where he played between 2010 and 2012) and Frankfurt.

If his rise as coach of the White House were to be confirmed, it would be reminiscent of that of ... Zinédine Zidane, also coach of Castilla before moving to the A.

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