Zinedine Zidane Wants to Return to Football

He just hasn’t decided how exactly. We haven’t seen Zizou in action since the 2006 World Cup final, where he was sent off for something or other. And since retirement, Zidane has been famously media-shy, mostly because he’s sick of talking about his moment of Materazzi madness. “I’ll have to put up with it for all my life. Having to talk about it over and over again is irritating. That’s why I don’t like giving interviews,” he said. In an interview.

In that same interview (with L’Equipe Magazine) Zidane let it be known that he’s planning to quite literally get back in the game. “I have no goal but coming back into football, I would like that,” he said. “Then, in which way, how, I don’t know.” As a football fan, my favourite option would be for Zizou to strap the boots on again and show us some more magic. MLS would fall over themselves to sign up a 35-year-old Zinedine Zidane. Second favourite, and far more realistic answer is coaching.

If he really wants to avoid the media, then a top-level coaching job is not the way to go. Just ask Fabio Capello. But youth coaching might suite Zizou. He’s already dropped a few hints about wanting to be a Real Madrid youth coach, and if he can pass down some of his skills to future generations of young Madrid players, or young players anywhere, the football world will surely be a better place for it.

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