For the third time in 15 years, the French Zinedine Zidane deposited his team at Real Madrid. The first time as a player was in 2006 and twice as a coach (2018 and 2021), and LaLiga described him as a "legend as a player and coach."
There is no doubt that "Zizo" wrote a chapter in the history of Real Madrid and it will always be welcome, and he will receive with open hands at the "Bernabeu" if he someday wants to return to coach the team, because of the appreciation of the "royal" fans for him and his good relationship with Florentino Perez, the club's president, despite the difficulties. That the team went through last season.
There are many complications that played a role in Zidane's decision to leave, including the stalled negotiations to renew the contract of players Sergio Ramos and Lucas Vasquez, in addition to the pressures he was subjected to to compete on all fronts and achieve successes in all of them and crown their titles.
And before the official announcement, Spanish media reported that Zidane informed his players of his decision to leave, which was confirmed by the Spanish newspaper Marca today, that before facing Real and Athletic Bilbao in the penultimate round of the League, Zidane and Perez met for "half an hour" in A restaurant in the city of "Bilbao", in which all matters were settled, and the French coach informed the club president of his decision.
According to the Madrid newspaper, this dialogue was required, and these thirty minutes were important to put points on the letters, put the "Los Blancos" train on the change track, and launch the future plans of the team.
Zidane was clear that he wanted to continue training, but he wanted new challenges after he had achieved with the Real all possible titles, and the Real Administration has been working from its time to search for an alternative.