Zinedine Zidane has emerged as a candidate to be Brazil's next coach... with influential backing from his former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo.
Tite's contract expires at the end of the month, and he will leave after overseeing Brazil's World Cup quarter-final loss to Croatia on penalties. The South American country was one of the favorites to win the competition, but their last-eight finish was a letdown.
Zidane has been unemployed since leaving Real Madrid in the summer of 2021, and he was linked to the Manchester United manager's job last season. After two successful stints at the helm of Real Madrid, the legendary former midfielder has frequently expressed his desire to return to management.
Zidane has coached many of Brazil's top players, including Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo Goes, and Casemiro, in the Spanish capital. Because of his pedigree, man-management, and lack of a contract with another club, he fits the ideal profile for the Brazilian FA. They are said to be open to appointing a non-Brazilian to the position.
Zidane famously scored twice in France's 3-0 World Cup final victory over Brazil in 1998, but a report in L'Equipe details how he is now the preferred candidate for the job, with influential backing from his former teammate Ronaldo. It had been assumed that Zidane was waiting for Didier Deschamps to leave the France national team, but he has decided to stay.Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has recently expressed his desire to persuade Zinedine Zidane to return to football in Ligue 1, citing links with the Paris Saint-Germain position. Despite coming from the city of Marseille, which is a domestic rival of PSG, Zidane was heavily linked with the job earlier this year, but Christophe Galtier was appointed instead.
Zidane hasn't been away from football since he left Real Madrid a year ago.Zidane had previously been linked with the United job after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was fired in November of last season. Ralf Rangnick was eventually appointed on an interim basis until the end of the campaign, before Erik ten Hag took over on a permanent basis.
Despite his improving English, Zidane has already ruled out a move to English football because he is not interested in managing in the Premier League. Last season, his agent Alain Migliaccio turned down several approaches from United in an attempt to gauge his interest in a move to Old Trafford.The manager is also said to be uninterested in a move to PSG because he dislikes the capital club's current structure and would prefer that another position become available. A return to his former club Juventus is not ruled out.
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