DBasia.news – Zinedine Zidane’s name began to be associated with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) as Mauricio Pochettino was tempted to handle Manchester United. However, Zizou has a condition to accept Les Parisiens’ proposal.
Pochettino has denied rumors of a move to Manchester United. He said he was happy at PSG.
Manchester United has also been linked with Ralf Rangnick. However, the German tactician is said to only be dealing with Cristiano Ronaldo and his friends until the end of the season and is promoted to consultant.
This makes Pochettino a strong candidate to become Manchester United manager next summer. A possibility that makes PSG start looking for a replacement.
Zidane was then considered to be one of the strongest candidates to be Pochettino’s replacement. His experience in handling Real Madrid’s star-studded squad is the main reason.
Zidane is also believed to be interested in this job. PSG is indeed one of the clubs he wants to deal with.
But Zidane will not just accept PSG’s offer. He wants to have full authority in determining his squad.
According to Foot Mercato’s report, Zidane did not want Leonardo to interfere with his authority. The Brazilian man currently serves as PSG’s sporting director.
That means, PSG have to fire Leonardo or give him another position if they want to sign Zidane. A choice that is certainly very hard to make.
Zidane seems to have learned from the experience of former PSG coaches. They did have a conflict with Leonardo before finally stepping down.
The bald-headed man did not want the same fate to befall him. He wants to build PSG’s strength slowly without being bothered by the intervention of Leonardo or other PSG officials.