Zidane drops a Real bombshell
Coach quits days after winning Champs League
Madrid – Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane dropped a bombshell yesterday, quitting the Spanish giants just days after winning the Champions League for a record third year in a row.
The 45-year-old former international decided to quit at the top, saying that it was time for a change for himself and the club and admitting that he was unsure of his ability to maintain his winning record at Real.
But he said that no other club was involved in his decision to part ways with Real Madrid, and although experts have linked him to the French national team coaching job, Zidane insisted he is eyeing no other position at this time.
“I have taken the decision to not continue next year as Real Madrid coach,” the Frenchman said.
“This club deserves to continue to win and needs a change,” he said, adding that he believed the “moment has come [for a change]”.
“After three years the club needs another discourse, another method of working.”
Zidane said he was unsure of his ability to inspire the team to more victories.
“I don’t see myself continuing to win this year and I am a winner, I don’t like to lose,” added Zidane, who was under contract with Real Madrid until 2020. Zidane won nine trophies since replacing Rafael Benitez in the Santiago Bernabeu dugout in January 2016.
He was flanked at the press conference by Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, who said Zidane’s announcement was “totally unexpected”.
Meanwhile, Ligue 1 side Amiens SC jokingly tweeted asking 45-year-old Zidane the join the club as a player. –