In the last weeks, Zinedine Zidane you have had some movement on your mobile phone. The French coach, without a team since he left Real Madrid last summer, received the call from Newcastle, refusing to coach the team as he was not too interested in a project that was not yet formed and without guarantees of classifying Europe in the short term in a too competitive league . But a call that he has seen with different eyes is that of the Manchester United. The Red Devils have tested their situation and would be interested in having Zizou as a coach.
The team’s progress is not very good. In the Premier League, United are sixth, having won just four out of eight matches, with a painful 4-2 loss to Leicester last weekend that set off alarms at Old Trafford. Solskjaer He is being more questioned than ever for his approach and the team’s performance, without finishing getting all the game that was expected from Cristiano Ronaldo.
Zinedine Zidane has a big dilemma
The former Real Madrid coach had an idea in mind, to take a sabbatical in 2021 and take the reins of the French team after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, at the end of next year. That would leave him one more year without training and without the certainty that he could take over the French team since, depending on what France does in the World Cup, Deschamps could continue in office.
After the crash of the last European Championship, it was leaked that the French leaders would not renew Deschamps, but the triumph in the Nations League has changed everything. To this day, no one can guarantee Zidane that he will be a coach for 2023, so if he is offered the position to coach Manchester United, it would be very difficult for him to say no.
At the moment, it has only been a trial and a contact, to know their situation. Zidane likes United’s project, as well as what would be the reunion with some of his former players, such as Cristiano and Varane, two of the players he got along best with in his time at the Santiago Bernabéu. Solskjaer’s future and whether Zidane ends up replacing the Norwegian will depend a lot on the next matches that United will have this coming month.
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