The Real Madrid Board of Directors will meet this afternoon to approve the accounts for last season, the budget for this season and to convene the Assembly of Committees. “But the name of Zidane does not appear on the agenda, which the club does not question nor has it ever questioned”sources of the Club's maximum solvency told this newspaper.
“In Madrid we don't have to talk about Zidane, a coach who has given us a lot and who is part of the Club's history.” The Board of Directors, which was convened two weeks ago “is not going to discuss matters related to the coach, because he does not play,” insisted the top-level sources consulted by AS. In Madrid they believe that Zidane deserves a respect that “some are not giving him” and that the streak of injuries (with props like Hazard, Valverde, Carvajal and Ramos in the dry dock) and the incidence of the virus in the squad (with eleven cases so far this season) are imponderable that are not being taken into account.
At the Club, they expect a reaction from the team in the Champions League (“we can still be first in the group”, they maintain) the speedy recovery of the injured and a push that will allow the year to end with victories against the next rivals, Sevilla and Atlético. “In any case, in here no one is going to talk about Zidane or of course about other coaches. The Club's support for Zinedine is unquestionable. “
Madrid will approve today last season's accounts with a surplus of 300,000 euros, a great achievement given the damage the pandemic has done to football. In addition, the White Club will approve the budget for next season, which will be set at just over 600 million euros after the impact of 300 million that the virus has caused in Madrid at this stage. All these matters will be submitted to the approval of the Assembly of Compromisarios, which will be convened this afternoon for the morning of Sunday, December 20.