Zinedine Zidane stop being coach of Real Madrid for the second time in his career. The first time he left the post was in 2018. Three years later, for similar reasons, he has decided to step aside so that a new project can be started without him. The club has been preparing this scenario for a few weeks aware that the French had in his head to leave it. As soon as the announcement is official, the sports management will get to work to bring a replacement and start planning next season.
Zidane has been generating doubts about his continuity since March. Despite having a contract until 2022, it has refused at all times to ensure compliance with it. The main reason is his work policy: the idea is, as he has always commented at a press conference, to go day by day measuring his feelings, which for months have not been ideal. Zidane has ended up exhausted after such a demanding season. The team has had many problems (injuries, lack of goal, setbacks …) and he has always stood up for his team. The wear has been noticed in his last press conferences.
Another reason that already caused his departure in 2018 was the need to reformulate the team. By then, Zidane had the idea of making some changes, but before the disagreements with the directive and the responsibility of having to 'throw out' players who had given him everything, he preferred to leave. This summer Madrid is preparing a new project that involves throwing out many footballers, some of them legends, and giving more weight to both the new signings and the young people, including those who have been transferredCeballos, Odegaard…). The French is not prepared to lead this process.
This is linked to another cause. If something has characterized Zizou these years it has been the defense that he has made of his people and his players. Footballers like Varane or Bouquets, who have been fundamental in his idea, are close to leaving the team. Without them, the French is weakened, since, in addition to being trusted, he thinks they still have a lot of football to give to Madrid.
Unhappy with club people
However, The reason that unleashed Zidane's discomfort in his position came in the middle of the season. When things were worse for the team, flirting with the elimination of Champions, some people from within the club leaked that its continuity was not assured. This is something that the coach did not accept considering that the team was beginning to experience many complications and that they had not yet dropped out of any competition. Time has proved him right, since less in the Cup, Madrid has fought until the semifinals of the Champions League and until the last day in the League.
Criticisms from within the club have not been the only ones that have annoyed the coach. You think that the media has 'hit' too much and, on many occasions, for no reason. He has made clear his bad being in several occasions before the press itself throughout the course.
“I am sure that Madrid can be a better team without me“He said at a press conference recently. A phrase that brings together all the reasons for his departure. The club is walking without a return to a new stage and he does not want to be part of it.