On Bayern’s shelves, Zinedine Zidane could actually flourish in Germany according to one of his best friends.
His name comes up insistently in Bayern’s little papers. While Thomas Tuchel is expected to leave Bavaria at the end of the season, Zinedine Zidane is one of the avenues favored to date by the Munich management, who is also targeting Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso and former Mancunian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The German press happily cites the former French playmaker, without a club since 2021 and his departure from Real Madrid where he achieved a legendary hat-trick in the Champions League (2016, 2017 and 2018). A coveted strategist who has long waited for his turn at the head of the Blues – and is still patient to this day – even if it means turning away numerous suitors, including Manchester United, Juve and PSG.
The “perfect” club for Zidane?
Can Bayern nevertheless be persuasive enough to bring the Marseille star out of retirement? Possible if we believe his great friend Christophe Dugarry. “ The German championship is great. The stadiums are full, the championship is very open… I think all coaches dream of coaching a club like Bayern. Pep Guardiola, the best coach in the world, went there. It’s so straightforward, the coaches have the means, there’s a fervor, your work is respected… It’s the absolute best », Estimates in the preamble the former striker of the France team, asked about the question this Wednesday evening on the antenna of RMC.
And to look a little further at the opportunity that such a career choice could represent. “ I think it’s one of the perfect clubs for Zidane. The perfect club is Real Madrid, and they have done it again and again. Afterwards, does he want to go, I don’t know », breathes Christophe Dugarry.
