A long-awaited return.
Triple winner of the Champions League with Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane has not coached since 2021. If many teams have been mentioned in recent years, such as Bayern Munich or the Algerian selection recently, no agreement has ever been reached. announcement.
For his part, the former Blues midfielder seems to have his preferences.
At the microphone of Discovery +, his former teammate at Real Madrid Thomas Gravesen cited the names of the teams that Zidane wishes to lead: “I spoke to Zidane two years ago and he told me that there was no only three teams he would like to accept.
These are Marseille, Real Madrid and the French team.
We were in Madrid two years ago, and he told me exactly that (…) He told me that there were only possibilities for these three.
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Ingen Zidane til Manchester United ifølge Thomas Gravesen, som har talt me franskmanden👇
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Zidane does not close the door to Italy
However, it seems that another option could since tempt Zidane.
This Tuesday, at the microphone of Sky Italia, the man who won the Golden Ball in 1998 clearly left the door open for an adventure in Italy: “One day in Italy?
Why not.
Anything can happen, at the moment I'm doing something else but I'm sure I'll be back on the bench, I'd love to.
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It must be said that Italy is a country that Zidane knows well.
Before shining at Real Madrid between 2001 and 2006, the 1998 world champion also enjoyed success at Juventus (1996-2001).
It now remains to be seen whether the main interested party will have the opportunity to one day replace Didier Deschamps (under contract until 2026) at the head of the Blues, to make a third stint on the Madrid bench, or to try an adventure in Marseille , his birthplace.