Zinedine Zidane Has a Talent of Seeing Talented Young Players

DBasia.news –  Zinedine Zidane’s coaching career only started from 2014 at the level of Real Madrid Castilla to the Madrid first team.

Although only five years as a coach, Zidane records were quite neat. He brought his success as a player when training with the achievement of one LaLiga title, two Spanish Super Cups, three Champions League, two European Super Cups, and two Club World Cups.

Zizou won it in the first period of training for Madrid in 2016-2018 before finally returning to the team in 2019 replacing Santiago Solari.

Zidane has not much training experience, but it seems he was born to be a coach with a strong character that he has and a charismatic side that is respected by players. His success as a player in the past helped to be a contributing factor.

That success also rise other talents in Zidane. Whether we realize it or not, Zidane has a ‘hawk eye’ in seeing the talent of players as if he is also a talent scout in Madrid.

The 47-year-old coach recently suggested to Real Madrid to recruit 17-year-old Stade Rennais midfielder, Eduardo Camavinga, a midfielder who is said to be a combination of Paul Pogba, Casemiro, and N’Golo Kante.

Madrid might hear out on the advice. According to information from the AS, Zidane has seen talent in Kylian Mbappe, Raphael Varane, Eden Hazard, and Federico Valverde.

Varane and Hazard eventually joined Madrid. Varane (26 years old) was recruited from Lens in 2011 when the public did not know him on Zidane’s recommendation. Now he has become one of the top defenders in Europe.

Varane has performed more than 250 games for Madrid and won 16 trophies, while Hazard only joined Chelsea in 2019. But before that Zidane was amazed by Hazard’s talents in 2009 when he was still playing at Lille.

As for Valverde Zidane directly told him that he was the player he liked in terms of character and playing style. “This is not a test. I like you as a player,” said Zidane.

Valverde was given the opportunity to play more in Madrid’s first team by Zidane. Then for Mbappe, Zidane has admitted his admiration for the 2018 World Cup champion. It’s no longer a secret that Mbappe is the target of Madrid’s transfer.