Zidane confirms coaching return plans amid Man United link

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Former Real Madrid and Champions League-winning head coach Zinedine Zidane said he will return to the dugout soon.

Zidane has been linked with Premier League giants Manchester United after leaving Madrid at the end of the 2017-18 season.

The 46-year-old guided Madrid to a third successive Champions League crown in May before leaving just days later and he has since emerged as a possible target for United, where manager Jose Mourinho is under pressure.

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The French World Cup winner enjoyed a remarkable spell in his first senior coaching post, guiding Real Madrid to three consecutive Champions League titles.

Asked about his future, French great Zidane told TVE: “I am sure that I will coach again before long.

“This is what I like and what I have done all my life.”

Zidane replaced Rafael Benitez in 2016 and led Madrid to three Champions League titles, two FIFA Club World Cups and UEFA Super Cups, a LaLiga triumph and the 2017 Supercopa de Espana.

Mourinho, meanwhile, finds himself in a precarious position following two defeats from four Premier League matches and reported tension with United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward over a lack of transfers.

He walked away after their third European triumph against Liverpool as he looked to recharge his batteries. With Jose Mourinho enduring a tumultuous start to the season and going head-to-head with the Manchester United hierarchy, reports have claimed that the Red Devils are primed to replace the Portuguese with Zidane.

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And he has now fanned the flames as he admitted he will be back on the touchline soon. He told TVE: ‘Certainly I’ll be coaching again soon because it’s what I like downing and what I’ve done all my life.’ It’s been claimed that he’s planning on signing four world class players if he is appointed as United’s manager, with Toni Kroos, James Rodriguez, Thiago Alcantara and Edinson Cavani all on his wish list.

It’s also thought that Manchester United’s star player Paul Pogba is determined to play under his compatriot – and the appointment of Zidane would certainly prove popular with the 25-year-old after his public row with the current manager. However, Mourinho is determined to cling on to his job and it’s thought that the United hierarchy are willing to give him time to turn the situation around.

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