While many imagine Zinedine Zidane making another return to Real Madrid, Florentino Perez has other plans in mind for his club.
Without a club since the end of his adventure at Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane is starting to find it long. The French world champion has no longer been hiding it for several months: he can’t wait to get back on the sidelines. And if he has long given priority to the French team, of which he imagined taking the reins following Didier Deschamps after the World Cup in Qatar, the Marseillais had to make up his mind.
Zidane dreams of Real
Several clubs and selections tried to take advantage of the situation. In vain. And for many observers, Zizou is only waiting for one thing: to return once again to Real Madrid, where he built his legend with three Champions Leagues and two La Liga titles. His return seems all the more possible as Carlo Ancelotti, who successfully succeeded him on the bench, would be close to giving in to the sirens of the Seleçao, who have made him his absolute priority since the World Cup.
Ancelotti ready to extend with Real
But according to Tomas Gonzalez-Marti, journalist for The Debate, the situation has recently changed. The Italian technician would indeed be much closer to continuing the adventure at Real Madrid than to joining Brazil. “ Ancelotti will say ‘yes’ to an extension offer from Real Madrid. The club’s sports management is considering whether to make the offer in December or January. If everything goes well and there is no disaster for the team, Carlo is considered the ideal coach to continue at Real Madrid, he said. He is the best coach to control the egos of footballers. He knows them, he manages the dressing room well, he gets along well with the press, he is elegant and he takes the quarrels inside. He is the ideal coach for a club as high-profile as Real Madrid. The future is Ancelotti. The club wants it.»
Arbeloa priority of Real
And for the Real specialist, in the event of Carlo Ancelotti’s departure, Zinedine Zidane would not even be Florentino Perez’s priority. Nor would it be Xabi Alonso, who is working miracles at the head of Bayer Leverkusen, but Alavaro Arbeloa, who is learning with the youth teams in Salamanca, his hometown. A surprising choice given the former defender’s little experience as a coach. “ The idea is that Ancelotti will continue for another two years to promote Arbeloa. Salamanca is doing very well among the Juveniles. Arbeloa is considered ideal to be the future coach of Real Madrid, he will be », Confided the journalist nonetheless.
