Still looking for a new challenge after his departure from Real Madrid in 2021, Zinedine Zidane was mentioned indirectly by the management of Bayern Munich.
It has now been more than two and a half years since Zinedine Zidane left through the front door of Real Madrid. Notably winning the Champions League three times in a row when he was on the bench merengue, the former French international has since been resting. Initially waiting for the place as coach of the France team to become available, he decided to look elsewhere after Didier Deschamps was extended until 2026. The clubs likely to interest him are very few in number, notably due to the language barrier. Bayern Munich has precisely mentioned the possibility of calling on “Zizou”.
The Bavarian club knows that it will no longer have a coach at the end of the season since it has decided, by mutual agreement with him, to part ways with Thomas Tuchel next June. In remarks relayed Tuesday by RMC, Bayern sporting director Max Eberl shared his thoughts on the profile of the tactician sought. And if he took care never to name him, the leader clearly referred to Zinedine Zidane when discussing this famous language barrier. “ Of course, he has to speak a language that we all speak. So it has to be German or English. French is a little ‘lighter’ for me. It is also a criterion, but not an exclusion criterion. »
The language barrier
Max Eberl therefore opened the door, without however closing it completely regarding Zinedine Zidane. “ I don’t want to limit my choices. There are candidates and very good coaches. Bayern Munich is a place of excellence. We have to put the puzzle together, coach-club-ideas-players, and that’s what we’re going to do in the coming months. » The whole question is whether “ZZ” will really be interested in such a mission. It appears unlikely that he would have applied for the position of coach of Bayern Munich on his own.
The former number ten of the Blues has never hidden his apprehension about going to coach clubs in countries where he does not master the language: “ I know that there are coaches who go to clubs without speaking the language, but I operate differently», he confided to The Team in June 2022. And since at the same time, Christophe Dugarry entrusted RMC last week : “ Is (Zinedine Zidane) taking German lessons? I do not believe. “, there is little chance of seeing the ‘Bayern-Zidane’ couple form.
