While the whole football world was focused on the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan, a “bomb” could have been activated by one national team and one legendary player and manager.According to the French L’Equipe, the Saudis offered Zinedine Zidane €100 million for just a single year on their national team’s bench, but the former Real Madrid coach – some would say, shockingly – rejected this extremely lavish offer!🚨 JUST IN: Zinedine Zidane has rejected a 1 year/ €100M offer from Saudi Arabia. He wants to coach France NT. @lequipe pic.twitter.com/OUaxKCc4Rw— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) May 31, 2025 Luxurious bids and enormous amounts have been the Saudis’ “signature move” for some time, but none seems to have been this rich. For instance, Al Hilal offered Carlo Ancelotti €150 million, but for three seasons, meaning that Carletto would have annually earned half as much as Zidane.Still, both offers were rejected.This way, the popular Zizou taught everyone in football another lesson – especially nowadays when everything is about money – as those who would do what he did are rare. Furthermore, many interpret his move as another indicator that the 52-year-old waits for the France bench.Benzema and Kante beat Auba to win King’s Cup and domestic doubleDidier Deschamps, the current Les Blues boss, will leave after the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and Zizou is the leading candidate to replace him. Following his two spells with Real Madrid – during which he won two La Liga trophies and three Champions Leagues – Zidane has been unemployed.Since 2021, when he left Los Blancos, the Frenchman has been linked to numerous clubs, but nothing happened. It’s not a secret that France national team has been his dream. Zidane was both World and European Champion with Les Blues as a player and would undoubtedly want to repeat those successes as a manager.##NAJAVA_MECA_8958598##
