Opportunities For The French National Team Menipis, Zinedine Zidane Was Even Associated With Juventus

Former Real Madrid coach, Zinedine Zidane. (PHOTO/Instagram @zinedinezidane10)

JAKARTA - Zinedine Zidane's opportunity to coach the French national team is running low. Zizou is even said to have a great opportunity to coach Italian club Juventus.

Quoted from Football Italia, Zidane was previously said to be filling the position of Didier Deschamp, which is predicted to fall apart following the failure at the 2022 World Cup.

However, in reality, Les Bleus still entrusted the coaching chair to Deschamps. The 54-year-old coach will continue to care for Kylian Mbappe et al until at least the 2026 World Cup.

It also confirmed that Deschamps remains trusted to guide France for the Euro 2024 event in Germany in the next two years.

With the decision of the French Football Federation (FFF) to maintain Deschamp, Zidane clearly has not been able to return to being a coach at the national team level. Even so, another door of opportunity is open for Zidane to become a club level coach.

Sources said Zidane could potentially return to coaching with Juventus as the main option. The 36-time Italian League champion is currently still being created by Massimiliano Allegri.

However, the fate of Massimiliano Allegri is still unclear after a massive resign in the ranks of Juventus officials which was also carried out by Andrea Agnelli and Pavel Nedved.

Even though Zidane has yet to respond to this, these rumors could be an opportunity for him to return to the field. Because since leaving Real Madrid at the end of June 2021, Zizou is still unemployed.

There was an approach made by Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Manchester United over the past year, but all of them were rejected by Zidane. The refusal of the 50-year-old coach was nothing but a form of his efforts to be able to lead the French national team.