Three and a half years after his departure from Real Madrid, Zinédine Zidane has still not found a club. Will he coach again? Despite numerous requests from very large clubs, Zizou always answered “no.” According to Marca, only two challenges could still interest him, the French team and a third return to Real, a club to which he wants to be loyal.
Such a long absence… Zinédine Zidane's fans have been waiting for three and a half years for his return. On May 27, 2021, a year before the end of his contract, the Real Madrid coach said stop. The end of a second act on the bench of the Merengue club with which he won everything, notably three consecutive Champions Leagues in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Since then, the declarations of the 98 world champion have been almost as rare as his public appearances . “We'll see what happens, and if we have to do it again, we'll do it again,” he confided last May. Zinédine Zidane has never said he was stopping coaching, always leaving the door open to a new challenge. But the seasons pass and, at 52 years old, and 1306 days after his departure from Real Madrid, he has still not found a bench.
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A return to Real? He doesn't even think about it
However, he did not lack opportunities. Juve, his former club, but also Manchester United, PSG and Bayern approached him to sound him out. In vain. The 98 Golden Ball who leads a discreet life in Madrid would only be tempted by two challenges, reports Marca. The first, known to everyone, is the French team. But if his name has been associated with the Blues for a long time, Didier Deschamps is in post at least until the 2026 World Cup. The other possible option but not at all current would be a third experience on the Real Madrid bench. Question of loyalty. But still according to the Madrid daily, Zizou doesn't even think about it. On good terms with Florentino Perez, he wishes all possible success to Carlo Ancelotti and Kylian Mbappé's team.
Dugarry: “Perhaps we will never see Zizou coach again. Yes it is possible”
His horizon seems all the more blocked as the members of his staff have found new challenges. His faithful assistant David Bettoni coaches the African Club. Within the Tunisian team, he was joined by Grégory Dupont, Zidane's former physical trainer. As for Hamidou Msaidie, his former assistant, he launched into entrepreneurship.
For fans of the former number 10 of the Blues who dream of seeing the planets align, should we be patient or resigned? Christophe Dugarry, very close to Zidane, gave his opinion on the question this summer on RMC: “Everyone speaks for themselves. The few times he spoke, he said he was interested in the French team. He at least has the merit of being consistent. He has been asked to go to Italy, to England, to Bayern Munich… each time he doesn't even respond. we will never see Zizou coach again Yes. It’s possible.”
