Can Real Madrid beat the French team to the post by distracting Zinedine Zidane from his destiny as coach? The question does not yet arise but the merengue quest for a new coach could potentially change the situation. President Florentino Perez does not hide his desire to one day reconnect with the man who led the White House to two Spanish championship titles and three Champions League crowns in particular.
Wednesday evening, Zinedine Zidane was at Santiago-Bernabeu to attend the round of 16 first leg of C1 between Real and Manchester City. With the key for Madrid being a great victory sealed with a score of 3-0, and a hat-trick from Federico Valverde. “
I am very happy for Fede », Said the 1998 world champion as he left the stadium. Without escaping questions about its future.
The FFF also maintains the suspense
Insistent, the journalist from El Chiringuito who followed him to his vehicle did not fail to probe the former Blues playmaker about his upcoming arrival on the bench of the France team… or on that of Real! As a courtesy, Zinedine Zidane then simply smiled at the two options mentioned while specifying that he had “not Nothing to declare “.
As for the French football federation (FFF), the posture adopted remains the same. Recently, Philippe Diallo, the president of the body, confirmed that he wanted to wait until the end of the 2026 World Cup to reveal the identity of Didier Deschamps’ successor: “
I hoped that he and his staff could prepare for this World Cup with complete peace of mind. So we will have to wait until later to know the name of his successor. »
