“I want to continueI still have that flame, it is my passion, football”, was the first thing that Zinedine Zidane assured when asked by the Téléfoot program, of the French network TF1, about his interest in directing again, although without specifying where he planned to train in the future.
“I’m 50 years old, I am satisfied, I am happy, It’s the most important thing,” he added. Zizou in a report that the medium in question dedicated to him to honor him before reaching his half century of life, which he will celebrate on June 23.
Although he still wants to train, after having won three consecutive Champions Leagues on the Real Madrid bench (2016, 2017, 2018), “I don’t dream of anything, I dreamed a lot, I had many things,” he remarked.
Among other topics, the former merengue coach also recalled the incredible feat of having won the three-time European championship (2016, 2017 and 2018): “We worked hard, we had incredible players, and a team that followed me. I was responsible for many things, but I had a great team that supported me. It just wouldn’t have been possible. I need to surround myself with people with whom I feel comfortable. If not, it can’t work.”
At the interview He did not speak of alleged contacts with Paris Saint-Germain to replace the Argentine Mauricio Pochettino, who would leave, nor of the French teamwhere his name often appears as one day successor to the current coach Didier Deschamps, who has a contract until the end of the Qatar-2022 World Cup (November 21-December 18).
On June 10, several media outlets claimed that Zidane and PSG were close to an agreement. After that information, he is now the coach of Nice, Christophe Galtierwho seems to be in pole position to sit on the Parisian bench.
Galtier, champion of France in 2021 with Lille, He has already worked at this club with the new PSG football adviser, the Portuguese Luis Campos. While at Les Bleus, Deschamps’ continuity will be marked by the team’s performance after the 2022 Qatar World Cup
The world champion coach, who has been in charge since 2014, must meet soon with the president of the French Federation of Football (FFF), Noël Le Graët, announced on Saturday the leader, who specified in any case that “I will not discuss any extension with him”, in that match.
