Zinedine Zidane at OM? A priori, the former Blues playmaker said no to Pablo Longoria to take over from Marcelino, who resigned. This is what Mundo Deportivo indicated earlier this Thursday. The Catalan daily also announced that the former Blues playmaker “is not giving up on returning to Real Madrid”, a club which will certainly begin looking for a successor to Carlo Ancelotti, expected on the selection bench. Brazilian. A priori, Xabi Alonso, the coach of Bayer Leverkusen and former Real player, seems to hold the rope, but why not imagine a third term of “ZZ” at the head of Casa Blanca, he who led the Madrid club to three consecutive coronations in C1 (2017 to 2019)?
Still, “Zizou” aims to find a bench in the short term, he who left Madrid in 2021. As for OM, it will obviously not be for right away, with Gennaro Gattuso who has just ’to be named. MD suggested that the Marseille native could be tempted if the club were bought by the Saudis. “Only under new ownership would Zidane consider taking charge of his city club,” they explain, citing Newcastle owner Prince Bin Salman and royal family member Al Waeled as suitors to the takeover of OM. Sea serpent.
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The local France Bleu Provence branch goes a little further. Much further in fact, affirming that Zinedine Zidane flatly said yes to Saudi Arabia to become general manager of the Marseille club. It would still be necessary for a Saudi owner to take the reins of OM. Our colleagues add that if the 1998 Ballon d’Or said yes to Marseille and Saudi Arabia, it is because he was sold a “very ambitious project” and sufficient means to “compete with the biggest clubs of Europe”. Just that… France Bleu Provence even drops a figure: Saudi Arabia – without us knowing what is hidden behind this label – would have accepted the idea of giving it an envelope of €300 million to recruit. Dream or reality ?
Note that Zidane would only see himself at the head of three teams, Real Madrid, Juventus Turin and therefore OM, in the event of a change of ownership. As for the French team, the ultimate dream of the person concerned, we will have to be patient knowing that Didier Deschamps, his former captain in Blue, has returned until the next World Cup, in 2026. Zidane , Saudi Arabia, competing with the greats of Europe… Enough to make Marseille quiver. Not sure we should believe it right away… In the meantime, the present combines with Frank McCourt, Pablo Longoria and Gennaro Gattuso.
