There Are 3 Potential Replacements For Zidane At Real Madrid, Who Are The Most Likely?
JAKARTA - Zinedine Zidane is rumored to be leaving Real Madrid soon. Speculation about who will replace the French coach has surfaced.
Zidane has decided to end his second term as coach of Los Blancos. This season, Zizou failed to give a trophy for the Spanish capital team.
Madrid had led the race for the La Liga title. But defeated by rival Atletico Madrid. They also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. But lost to Chelsea.
According to a senior Italian journalist, Fabrizio Romano, Zidane decided to leave Madrid in the near future. Then, MARCA named three favorite names to replace his position appeared. Starting from Massimiliano Allegri, then Antonio Conte and Raul Gonzalez.
Allegri is in pole position to take over Real Madrid and was already linked with the Los Blancos hot seat when Zidane ended his first term with the Capital club.
At that time, he was not too close to taking over the coaching position at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu as he is now. Now, he's even wanted by Juventus and Inter.
The Nerazzurri don't have a coach themselves at the moment. Just days after lifting the Serie A title, Conte decided to leave the club with the consent of both parties.
As a result, Conte's name was linked to Real Madrid considering his track record of lifting trophies is quite dazzling. At least, for the domestic league.
Standing between the two coaches from Italy is Raul. The Real Madrid Castilla coach will be the management's choice if the club continues its tradition of promotion from within. Like when they appointed Zidane and Santiago Solari.