Zinedine Zidane has resigned as Real Madrid supervisor with speedy impact, simply days after the membership had been crushed to the La Liga title by Atletico Madrid.
The Frenchman’s reported departure comes on the finish of a disappointing marketing campaign for the 13-time European champions, who additionally misplaced to Chelsea within the Champions League semi-finals as they did not win a trophy for the primary time in 11 seasons.
Italian soccer journalist Fabrizio Romano had tweeted the ‘exclusive, which was picked up by Spanish sports outlets including Madrid sports dailies Marca and AS, and the radio station Cadena Ser.
Only 10 days ago Zidane, who has a contract until 2022, denied media speculation that he had already told his players that he would be leaving at the end of the season.
“How am I going to tell my players that I am going now? It’s a lie,” he mentioned after a 1-0 win at Athletic Bilbao.
“I focus on this season. There is a game left and we are going to give everything. I only care what happens in this finale.”
But, maybe tellingly, he added: “The relaxation, we’ll see on the finish of the season.”
If confirmed, it marks the end of Zidane’s second spell in charge of the Spanish giants.
The 1998 World Cup winner first took the helm in January 2016 and guided Real to the 2017 La Liga title and an unprecedented hat-trick of Champions League titles before abruptly quitting on May 31, 2018.
He returned in 2019, winning a second La Liga crown in 2020 and the Spanish Super Cup.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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