Rumors surrounding the arrival of Zinedine Zidane on the Olympique de Marseille bench are becoming more and more insistent.
Without a club since the end of his adventure at Real Madrid in spring 2021, Zinedine Zidane is starting to find it long. The former world champion no longer hides his impatience to find a coaching position. If he saw the bench of the French team slip away following Didier Deschamps’ decision to continue the adventure at the head of the Blues, the native of Marseille nevertheless has no shortage of courtiers.
Brazil, Manchester United and the United States have been knocking on its door for a year. But the 1998 Ballon d’Or obviously has another idea in mind. For many observers, only three teams are currently likely to interest him: Real Madrid and Juventus Turin, his former teams, and Olympique de Marseille, the club of his heart.
Since the start of the school year, the name of Zinedine Zidane has been associated with the proposed takeover of the Marseille club by Saudi Arabia. “The child of Castellane gave his agreement to Saudi Arabia a few weeks ago to, in the event of this country buying OM, become its general manager,” France Bleu said in September. Obviously enough to make Marseille supporters salivate.
Since then, the possible arrival of Zizou has been regularly discussed. And this Tuesday, the X account of the – controversial – author Zoé Sagan did it again. “I’m being sent a series of hot files on Frank McCourt, the owner of Olympique de Marseille, who is opening the door to Zidane and Saudi Arabia, but I imagine it’s easier to touch the mafia in France only at OM, right? “, she wrote in an enigmatic message.
They sent me a series of hot files on Frank McCourt, the owner of Olympique de Marseille, who opened the door to Zidane and Saudi Arabia, but I imagine that it is easier to touch the mafia in France than ‘at OM, right?
— Zoé Sagan (@zoesagan) January 9, 2024
