Zinedine Zidane’s shock resignation from his role as Real Madrid manager rocked the footballing world but he’ll seemingly be back in the game sooner than was anticipated.
Reports emerging today claim that the three-time Champions League winner will now return to his former club Juventus in an executive role.
Libertad Digital report that the 46-year-old will work alongside current sporting director Fabio Paratici, and under the general manager Beppe Marotta.
That pairing have just recently negotiated the biggest transfer coup in the club’s history with the €105M deal to bring Cristiano Ronaldo to Turin. They’ll know have the services of a man who is well acquainted with the city as a form of consultant.
Mootaz Chehade, a journalist with VAVEL quotes sources close to the Agnelli family, which runs the club, and claims that the relationship will start in this coming October.
Zidane played for the Bianconeri from 1996-2001, making 151 appearances and won a pair of Serie A titles and the Ballon d’Or in 1998.
He’ll now, according to these reports, make a return to the club as they embark on efforts to further cement themselves as part of the European super-elite band of clubs by claiming the Champions League title that their support has coveted for so long.
The Old Lady secured an unprecedented seventh consecutive league title in Italy last term and continental dominance is being pursued as a natural next step with the acquisition of the European competition specialist Ronaldo and, it would seem, his old manager Zidane.
