MADRID, Kingdom of Spain. (Unic Press UK) – Zinedine Zidane, a football legend, has been named as the new coach of Real Madrid football club. A message released by the Club reads:
“Zinedine Zidane is the new coach of Real Madrid. The Whites’ president, Florentino Pérez, revealed the appointment at a press conference held at the Santiago Bernabéu on Monday following the conclusion of the meeting of the club’s Board of Directors: “Good evening, first of all thank you to everyone for being here at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. I appear before you to announce the agreements just reached by the Board of Directors of Real Madrid.
“Today we have made the difficult decision, particularly for me, to terminate the contract of Rafa Benítez as first-team coach. I wish to underline that he is a great professional and a magnificent person, and I would like to take this opportunity to place on record my gratitude to him for his hard work and dedication during his months as coach of Real Madrid”.
A great of the global game
“I would also like to announce that the Real Madrid Board of Directors have decided to name Zinedine Zidane as the new coach of the first team. There can be no doubt that Zidane is one of the game’s all-time great figures. He knows better than anyone just what it means to lead the Real Madrid first-team squad. He’s fully aware of how tough and at the same time how exciting this demanding position is. Furthermore, Zidane knows the players, as many of them lifted the club’s tenth European Cup in Lisbon with him as assistant coach.
“Throughout his whole life, Zidane has shown an ability to meet football’s greatest challenges, and has always tackled them with dedication and talent. Zinedine Zidane, this is your stadium and this is your club. You have our complete confidence and our support in the task of bringing excitement and entertainment to the supporters in each and every game, and the fans will be right by your side. As of now, you are the coach of Real Madrid and, for me as president, it’s a source of pride to have you by my side because I also know that for you the word ‘impossible’ does not exist“.
Though the Whites’ president, Florentino Pérez, has yet to give the reason(s) Rafa Benitez was sacked, the ‘disconnection’ between Benitez and Real Madrid’s maestro Christiano Ronaldo, and the 4-0 home defeat by Barcelona in El Clasico in November 2015 that was the worst since 2009, may have unsettled the stakeholders [including the Board, players, sponsors, fans, among others].
