During the 2022 World Cup, in Qatar, Spain was released by Morocco after a closed match (0-0) and a penalty shootout. Two days later, Luis Enrique was removed from his functions as coach.
Luis de la Fuente was named in stride. Except that if this track could not be validated, Albert Luque had an incredible plan B. “I'm going to tell you the one I had in mind. And I'm going to say it for the first time here today that I would have tried to convince him: Zidane. Yes, it would have been the first time that there would not have been a Spanish coach ”, revealed the former sports director of the Royal Spanish Football Federation during an interview given to the Cadena Ser.
Zidane and Spain, the ideal relationship
Several factors could have convinced “Zizou” to become the Roja coach. “I like the managers of changing rooms and Zidane, without being a great coach, managed a wardrobe with Ramos, with Cristiano and he did it very well,
recalled Albert Luque. I knew it would have been very difficult. But he loves Spain, his wife is Spanish, he lives in Madrid and he could not join the French team. »»
After fourteen years spent as coach of the French team, Didier Deschamps will bow out after the 2026 World Cup. To succeed him, Zinédine Zidane seems to be the big favorite. The former Real Madrid coach has had no bench since 2021.
