Since he will not be the coach of the France team before the end of Didier Deschamps’ reign in 2026, can ZinĂ©dine Zidane make his return to the Real Madrid bench? The three-time Champions League winning coach with the Merengues is once again cited by Cadena SER as a potential successor to Carlo Ancelotti in the event of the dismissal of the Italian technician in the coming weeks. The Merengues remain behind Barça in La Liga but are in danger in the Champions League (24th in the standings before facing Atalanta).
“Zizou” is cited alongside Santiago Solari, now Real’s director of football, and Raul, the coach of Castilla (the reserve team). President Florentino PĂ©rez would not rule out the idea of ​​ousting Ancelotti during the season and, if he does, he will only appoint an interim coach while waiting to roll out the red carpet for Xabi Alonso next summer. However, as an SER journalist assures us in his program this week, Zidane does not want to return to the Merengues for just a few months. It’s no.
Rather Raul than Zidane and Solari
In short, if Real decides to throw everything away (in the event of elimination of the Champions for example) or as the end of the season approaches, it is rather Raul who would have his chance by being promoted from the team B for a few months. Solari, who had been the interim coach after the ouster of Julen Lopetegui in October 2018 before the return of “Zizou” at the head of the Madrid team, returned to the club in 2022, first as director of Real’s training center before being named director of football.
Winner of the DĂ©cima of Real in 2014, Carlo Ancelotti returned to the head of Casa Blanca in 2021 (after the departure of Zidane) and won La Liga twice and the Champions League twice (the first time with Karim Benzema, the second time thanks to a great Vinicius last spring).
