MADRID, 27 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Former Real Madrid coach Zinédine Zidane stated that he would “love” to train again, something he will do “for sure”, after almost three years away from the bench and amid speculation about Thomas Tuchel’s replacement at Bayern. Munich, since he will leave the club at the end of the season.
“At the moment I’m doing other things, we’ll see, but I’m sure I’ll come back. I’d love to do it,” the former Real Madrid coach told Sky Sport Italia at the premiere of the biographical documentary about Marcello Lippi ‘Now I Win’.
This is how the 51-year-old Frenchman spoke about a possible return to the bench, after his departure from Real Madrid at the end of the 2020-2021 season – he led the Madridistas in 263 official matches -. All this, amid speculation about who will take Thomas Tuchel’s place at Bayern Munich.
Although he went to the Italian league for competition that did not close the door on the future. “Why not? Anything can happen…”, stated the coach, who can boast of having won 11 titles with Real Madrid in two stages, from 2016 to 2018 and from 2019 to 2021.
In addition, the Frenchman recalled his time as a player at Juventus, from 1996 to 2001, and the importance of the figure of Marcelo Lippi. “He was the first one who believed in me and wanted me to stay, even when things weren’t going well. It wasn’t easy for him, I came from France, everything was different, but Lippi made me become what I later became” , he highlighted.