Zinedine Zidane - 3 time CL winning manager without a job

[ShinjiNinja26]

There's absolutely no indication that this is the case, so it would be total guesswork based on literally nothing.

Well it was a hypothetical question, maybe I should’ve made that clear.

 

[90 + 5min]

he won 3 CL's back to back, how can he be overrated

With overrated I mean that they see him as one of the greatest despite being so little in management.

As I said, he had a team that was so good. At least first time he took over Madrid. Came also at the time when Barcelona started to fall slowly down from that greatness they have shown during some seasons.

 

[LawCharltonBest]

Anyone else think the delay in making a decision on ETH is down to INEOS trying to convince Zidane to take the job?

Not that I'd put money on it. But I think it's plausible. Might have been a factor in giving Blanc the CEO gig until July too if it is the case.

I'd like to think they were looking at better managers than the ones we've been linked to in the press anyway.

 

[Robbie Boy]

There's absolutely no indication that this is the case, so it would be total guesswork based on literally nothing.

Sooooo, you're saying there's a chance?

 

[Red the Bear]

I wouldn't use the word overrated but he is a classic example of people not looking at the detail of what he is actually good at. His profile is in the mould of Del Bosque and Ancelotti, a perfect fit for a squad and club like Real. But like the other two, he is just not someone who has shown any inclination or skillset to take a team from where we are to consistent challengers. He is maybe if anything underrated by the standards of the former but completely untested in the latter.

As you said he's untested in the later category, dependent on his personal ambitions he might try to test his mettle in such a situation.

 

[Josh 76]

he won 3 CL's back to back, how can he be overrated

This is one of those facts that seems not be real.

 

[Offside]

There's absolutely no indication that this is the case, so it would be total guesswork based on literally nothing.

That’s how every transfer thread gets bumped and page after page of posts.

 

[Alpha 1]

Zidane took Real Madrid job because he had pretty much best team in world. He is never going to put himself into position where he needs make a team great. I don’t see him being manager for long period of time. He is overrated by many. With that said, Brilliant player.

He had a great team but, just like the successful Real Madrid teams that came after, they too had a huge amount of luck in the success they achieved in the UCL.

 

[Longsight Red]

Anyone else think the delay in making a decision on ETH is down to INEOS trying to convince Zidane to take the job?

I think this may be a possibility but l am assuming the club carries on with EtH into next season though. Not believing the Southgate or Poch rumours for a minute!

 

[Moriarty]

I'm surprised he isn't part of the French set-up for the Euros.

 

[JPRouve]

I'm surprised he isn't part of the French set-up for the Euros.

Why would he be part of it, beyond the fact that he would be a massive distraction for everyone involved, why would he want to be anything other than the manager?

 

[tomaldinho1]

I'm surprised he isn't part of the French set-up for the Euros.

Think he wants the actual job not some bit part role.

 

[Iker Quesadillas]

He really should just get a job. It's been three years.

 

[Kwabs]

Think he wants the actual job not some bit part role.

I thought it was pretty much established that he wants the France job only, and he's waiting for Deschamps to step aside, but greedy Didier won't do it. He's already been there for 12 years, which is an eternity for an international job.

Also, hilarious that people think he won 3 in a row 'because of the team'. Do people have any idea how many great teams there have been in Champions League history? It's clear that he's either very very good or very very lucky. But he definitely had something to do with it, it's ridiculous to suggest that he was somehow carried to THREE straight titles by a team that was certainly very good, but hardly leagues above all the other great sides who couldn't even go back to back.

 

[The Corinthian]

He's had a total of around 5 full years in management winning 3 CLs and 2 La Ligas. That's a crazy record to have.

 

[JogaBonitoRooney]

He's had a total of around 5 full years in management winning 3 CLs and 2 La Ligas. That's a crazy record to have.

He got lucky and he's desperate to protect his little record and pride so that's why there's only 2 or 3 jobs in management he'd take.

"As a coach, there aren't 50 clubs I can go to. There are two or three possibilities. If I go back to a club, it's to win. I say this in all modesty. That's why I can't go [just] anywhere" what he said few months back

He's no Xabi Alonso.

 

[croadyman]

He's had a total of around 5 full years in management winning 3 CLs and 2 La Ligas. That's a crazy record to have.

Very true but understandably he isn't interested in taking a job where they haven't got those players to challenge in place

 

[Sassy Colin]

It's Zidon!

 

[Judas]

I can't believe he left Real as recently as 2021, my mind thinks it was much longer ago.

 

[Theonas]

As you said he's untested in the later category, dependent on his personal ambitions he might try to test his mettle in such a situation.

Which would mean on that particular parameter, he is as not more qualified than many others, wouldn't you say? If the job conditions and remit are similar to what he had at Real, he would be the ideal candidate, him and maybe Ancelotti at the very top, but outside of that, I just don't think he did anything to warrant any confidence in him.

 

[Suedesi]

With overrated I mean that they see him as one of the greatest despite being so little in management.

As I said, he had a team that was so good. At least first time he took over Madrid. Came also at the time when Barcelona started to fall slowly down from that greatness they have shown during some seasons.

That team was good, but Rafa Benitez failed at it. He was brought in to clean up after that great 'manajer' and finished just a point behind Barca, won the league the next year and 3 CL on the trot.

Managing Madrid is not easy - and he did pretty well at it.

 

[Iker Quesadillas]

Which would mean on that particular parameter, he is as not more qualified than many others, wouldn't you say? If the job conditions and remit are similar to what he had at Real, he would be the ideal candidate, him and maybe Ancelotti at the very top, but outside of that, I just don't think he did anything to warrant any confidence in him.

I think he did a good job in his second stint with a squad that was weaker. Football wasn't pretty but they competed.

 

[Cloud7]

I can't believe he left Real as recently as 2021, my mind thinks it was much longer ago.

That'll be the covid era brain fog mate. Feels like a fever dream from the distant past but it wasn't that long ago

 

[croadyman]

It's Zidon!

Yeah for French job after Euros most likely

 

[duffer]

What has he been doing for the last few years? Literally just retired? Don't get me wrong, I'd love to do that!

 

[The Firestarter]

What has he been doing for the last few years? Literally just retired? Don't get me wrong, I'd love to do that!

Learning The King's English

 

[Wilt]

Out of work for 3 years ….gives the impression he has no interest in returning

 

[croadyman]

Out of work for 3 years ….gives the impression he has no interest in returning

Yeah because waiting for Deschamps to go

 

[Rooney in Paris]

Out of work for 3 years ….gives the impression he has no interest in returning

Not for anything else than very specific jobs I'd imagine, like the national team.

 

[2 man midfield]

I can't believe he left Real as recently as 2021, my mind thinks it was much longer ago.

Same but I think that’s because I forget he went back for a second spell. In my head he took over in 2016, won the CL 3 years on the trot and then dipped, never to be seen again.

 

[Wilt]

Not for anything else than very specific jobs I'd imagine, like the national team.

Yep, that seems the likely.

 

[Acheron]

He got lucky and he's desperate to protect his little record and pride so that's why there's only 2 or 3 jobs in management he'd take.

"As a coach, there aren't 50 clubs I can go to. There are two or three possibilities. If I go back to a club, it's to win. I say this in all modesty. That's why I can't go [just] anywhere" what he said few months back

He's no Xabi Alonso.

Then he can only coach Real Madrid, Juventus and the France national team.

 

[Bastian]

Surely it is time.

 

[tentan]

Surely it is time.

To come to united