Zizou’s second stint as Real Madrid coach was much less successful than the first. – Glyn Kirk / AFP
No press conference or press release on any social network. Zinédine Zidane chose the open letter, published on Monday by the Spanish sports daily Ace, to explain his departure from Real Madrid, official since last Thursday. “I’m leaving because I feel that the club does not give me the confidence I need, does not offer me the support to build something in the medium or long term,” writes Zizou.
“I know football and I know the demands of a club like Real. I know when you don’t win you have to go. But […] everything I built on a daily basis, what I brought to the relationship with the players […] has been forgotten, ”he said.
Ungrateful, Real?
“I would have liked that in recent months, my relationship with the club and with the president [Florentino Perez] be a little different from that of other coaches. I was not asking for privileges, of course, but a little memory, ”continued Zidane, who achieved the feat of winning three consecutive Champions Leagues (2016, 2017, 2018) with the club merengue during his first visit. on the bench.
The second passage started in March 2019, nine months after his first departure, was less brilliant. The former White House playmaker (49 years old on June 23) goes on a virgin title season, with a second place in La Liga and a semi-final of the Champions League, lost to Chelsea, future winner.