There are not so many successful players who were as good when they became coaches and Zinedine Zidane is among them. Former Juventus an Real Madrid player won titles in both Italy and Spain, as well as one Champions League and he won three more (consecutive ones) as a coach. He left Madrid in 2021 and has been without a job since. But, unlike some other coaches, he is not coming into his third year without a team due to lack of interest. On the contrary, he had plenty of offers, but declined politely. For example, he was offered the Algeria job, as his parents are from the African country, but he didn’t want to accept it. He also got calls from Paris, where he was bound to take PSG, but he also declined. And his former assistant now revealed why.Zidane is what the new co-owners want: the right man to wake United upWhen Zidane was playing for Real, Thomas Gravesen was one of his teammates, and the Dane recently revealed the conversation he had with Zizou two years ago. “I spoke to Zidane in Madrid two years ago and he told me that there are only three roles that he would like to accept. And they are Marseille, Madrid and the French team. We were in Madrid two years ago and he told me exactly that. I also asked him if “I was willing to train again. And there he told me that there were possibilities only for those three” revealed Gravesen to Discovery +. Zizou says no to AlgeriaNow, it’s not a secret that Zidane wants to lead France, but Didier Deschamps just won’t go away and has a contract until 2026. So, the currently only available option would be Marseille from June, when Jean-Louis Gasset finishes his interim job in the French’s biggest club. On the other hand, this conversation was two years ago and maybe he changed his mind. After all, he was asked about coaching in Italy just a few days ago and his reply was: “Future in Italy? Why not, anything can happen”. Zizou says no to AlgeriaSince Jim Rattclife became the minority owner of Manchester United and took the sporting side of the business under his wing, talks about sacking Erik ten Hag at the end of the season just won’t go away. At one point, Zidane’s name appeared as a logical choice. But Gravesen is not sold on the idea.“I would say that the team he had in Madrid was fantastic, and he was prepared from the beginning. In the United the situation is different, it is very difficult to do something with the team that Ten Hag has at the moment” he said. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7918312##
