The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) is looking for a new coach after Tite left after the World Cup in Qatar, and the surname named in the position is that of Zinedine Zidane, a former France international and former Real Madrid coach. According to the newspaper L’Équipe, the technician fits the desired profile for the canary: foreigner, free and has an extensive curriculum.
Zidane has not trained (by choice, as he has had no shortage of proposals) since May 2021, the month he left Real Madrid’s command. Since then, he has been coveted by several top European clubs, but the French press always said that the coach was waiting for the French national team to see what happened after the World Cup in Qatar. However, France reached the final and everything indicates that Didier Deschamps will remain at the helm.
The former France international, who starred as a player for the French national team and for clubs such as Juventus and Real Madrid, began his coaching career as an assistant at Real Madrid. He then became coach of Real Madrid’s B team before making the jump to the first. In his two spells at the helm of the meringues (between 2016 and 2018 and then from 2019 to 2021), he won three Champions Leagues (2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18), two European Super Cups (2016 and 2017) , two Spanish Championships (2016-17 and 2019-20), two Club World Cups (2016 and 2017) and two Spanish Super Cups (2017 and 2019-20).
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A curriculum that speaks for itself and that positions him as one of the most attractive coaches in the world. Therefore, his name is now being studied to take over the Brazilian national team. Also according to L’Équipe, Zidane’s name is very well regarded by various sectors of Brazilian football, both internally at CBF and outside in close circles, as is the case with former Brazil international Ronaldo.
Since Tite officially announced the Brazilian’s departure at the end of Brazil’s World Cup quarter-finals match against Croatia, several names have been named as possible substitutes. One of the most famous was that of the Portuguese Abel Ferreira, who did a remarkable job at Palmeiras, and thus had defenders in the CBF. But the truth is that until today, as DN wrote, there was no official contact.
Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid, and Jose Mourinho, coach of AS Roma who is also wanted by the Portuguese Football Federation to replace Fernando Santos, other names have been pointed to the canarinha in recent days. Such as Marcelo Gallardo, Mauricio Pochettino, Thomas Tüchel, Roberto Martínez and Rafael Benítez. That is to say, it seems certain that the CBF really wants a foreign coach to take over the selection of Neymar and associates, what happens will be a radical break with history, because Brazil has never had a coach from another nationality before.
Source: DN
