Zidane is required to lead the new Saudi football project
The British newspaper, "Mirror", revealed an unbridled desire by the Saudi owners to sign French football legend Zinedine Zidane, the former coach of Real Madrid, in order to receive the training of Newcastle, England, in the coming period, after the latter's ownership was transferred a few weeks ago to the Saudi Investment Fund.
The newspaper said, "Zidane leads a long list of names to train the team, succeeding Steve Bruce, who is expected to be sacked during the next few days after the team's negative results, and the list includes other prominent coaches such as Brendan Rodgers, Antonio Conte, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, but Zidane remains the choice. A favorite for new owners.
The newspaper pointed out that Zidane's tendency to coach Newcastle is in doubt, especially as he plans to lead the French national team in the future, which makes the Saudi owners to move to the idea of handing over the team to one of the local coaches in England Lampard or Gerrard to lead the new project.
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