It was on March 11, in 2019, that Zinedine Zidane made his surprise return at the head of Real Madrid. “Zizou” had resigned on May 31, 2018, five days after winning a third champions league in the head of the Merengues de Cristiano Ronaldo. In addition to a liga and two World Cups in clubs. His successor Julen Lopetegui took the door and the interim Santiago Solari also after a humiliating elimination in the knockout stages of the LDC by AJAX. Nine months after his departure, the native of Marseille thus agreed to resume his post but by posing his conditions with President Florentino Pérez.
According to MarcaZidane had made numerous proposals at the Boss of Casa Blanca. Starting to take the
“Total control” From the team, while the Ballon d'Or 98 was precisely grieved by its lack of weight in the recruitment of Real during its first pass. In the Madrid workforce, he then asked for the sale of certain players, including Gareth Bale (who remained and played little in 2019-2020), as well as the maintenance of two of his favorite players: Marcelo, then competed by Sergio Reguilon and announced to Juventus with Cristiano Ronaldo, and Isco, which Zidane had promoted titular.
Zidane asks Hazard rather than …
That's not all. Zinedine Zidane would have given several tracks to Florentino Pérez, first the names of Paul Pogba and Eden Hazard, which number 10 of the world champions 98 has already been waiting for a few years, as well as that of Kylian Mbappé. Only Hazard was recruited during the summer of 2019, for more than 100 million euros, but the Belgian winger never managed to wear Real as Karim Benzema finally did. Above all, Zidane put his veto at the possible recruitment of Neymar. The president of Real dreamed of Brazilian crack, his new coach absolutely did not want it!
The second pass from Zidane to Real is not exceptional, even if the Merengues were crowned Champions of Spain in 2020 in full Cavid. The next season, the capital's club was preceded by Atlético de Diego Simeone in the league and was eliminated in the LDC semi-finals by Chelsea. Always without going to the King's Cup final. “Zizou” once again announced his departure from the Madrid bench on May 27, 2021. He has been unemployed since then, while quietly waiting for his turn as coach of the French team.
