Zinedine Zidane will not offer a press conference to say goodbye to Real Madrid. The explanations before the microphones were given at the end of LaLiga in the Valdebebas press room and the last ones, already as a former Real Madrid coach, are offered today in an extensive open letter published in AS.
A nine-paragraph text that appears as the header of as.com and on the second and third page of the paper edition of this newspaper that has appeared on their newsstands since this morning.
This letter has appeared in AS and has been picked up by many international media as it is the first explanations that Zizou offers of his third departure from Real Madrid, one as a player and two as a coach.
France: Zidane, “hurt”
From their native country, L'Equipe and RMC Sport cite the letter published exclusively by AS with the word 'hurt' in the headline. The radio expresses it this way while the only French general sports newspaper quotes this letter emphasizing the lack of confidence on the part of the white club that Zinedine himself expresses in it.
England speaks of an “honest open letter”
From England, the media also pick up the explanations of Zidane offered in this newspaper. In The Sun, they headline: “Zinedine Zidane reveals that he leaves Madrid because” the club did not have faith in me “in an honest open letter.
Daily Mail is harsher on the headline and interprets Zidane's letter as an accusation to the club of “disrespecting him in a WILD (sic) open letter to the Real Madrid fans explaining his departure and accusing his bosses of not giving him the confidence necessary to build the future. ” This newspaper translates the letter into English, which you can also read here.
Instead, the Daily Mirror focuses on the paragraph in which Zidane addresses the alleged leaks about his departure, which he describes as “malicious.”
Italy and lack of confidence
“Non sentivo fiducia” and a “nessuna fiducia” from Real title the Gazzetta dello Sport and the Corriere dello Sport. Trust or 'trust' in Italian. In the country where his name has made the headlines the most in recent weeks when the Juventus bench was looking for a candidate before the return of Max Allegri, the word trust and the lack of it is linked to the name of Zidane in every news story. citing the letter published by AS.
A worldwide impact
Also in Europe, to which we must add the reference to this letter also in Sport Bild, Zidane's reaction in writing in this newspaper has been cited by numerous media also in South America like TyCSports (Argentina), Globo Esporte (Brazil) or North America like The Athletic (US, UK) or Yahoo! Sports, relevant to the level of sports information in the United States.
They all share the same motif in their titler, the lack of confidence of the club denounced by Zidane in this letter published today by AS.