In around eight months, Zinedine Zidane will undoubtedly take the reins of the France team. His appointment in place of Didier Deschamps at the end of the 2026 World Cup seems written, even more so since he publicly confirmed his interest in the position of coach of the Blues. A career choice guided by the heart, like all those he has made until then as a player and coach.
“He was the heart, Cannes, Bordeaux, Juve…”confided to the media Square his friend David Bettoni, who discusses the various projects that the 1998 world champion has recently declined: “I’m not saying that he won’t one day coach Manchester, Bayern Munich, Marseille, I don’t know… But yes, he refused them. When he was no longer a coach, all the clubs looking for a coach called Zizou. »
So the rumors were true. Without a position since his departure from Real Madrid in 2021, “ZZ” has seen his name circulate across the four corners of Europe in recent years. “But something has to happen to himexplains his ex-deputy.
What I know, because he talks to me about it, is that he hasn’t finished training. He wants to coach. Now where… He’ll do what he’s always done, catch everyone off guard. »
For Zinedine Zidane, “it can be doable because it’s OM”
Could it be at OM after the French selection? Nothing is impossible, says David Bettoni.
“If it’s a risk worth taking?” I don’t think he’s someone who’s going to say ‘I’m not going because I’m going to lose myself’he reveals. It could be feasible because it’s OM, it’s Marseille, it’s the club from his city. »
The city where he was born, June 23, 1972, but the club where he never played.
“If at any given moment in his career he feels that something could happen, it’s a club that can attract him, like AS Cannesadds the one who was his right-hand man on the White House staff. Zizou is not going to coach AS Cannes (laughs), but it could have been a team where he could have gone because he has a history with this club. Marseille, why not, but once again, time will tell us. »
