Zidane Resigns As Real Madrid Coach

Frenchman, Zinedine Zidane has reportedly resigned as Real Madrid manager with immediate effect.

This is coming just days after the club were be@ten to the La Liga title by Atletico Madrid.

The Frenchman’s reported departure comes at the end of a disappointing campaign for the 13-time European champions, who also lost to Chelsea in the Champions League semi-finals as they failed to win a trophy for the first time in 11 seasons.

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Football journalist, Fabrizio Romano made this known in a tweet on Wednesday night.

He wrote:

Zinedine Zidane has communicated tonigjt to people who work around him and players that he’s 100% leaving Real Madrid. Confirmed. 🚨⚪️

Zidane will speak with Florentino Perez and announce his decision officially in the next hours but he’s leaving. It’s over. ⏳ #Real #Zidane https://t.co/5mgJPfIOyD

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 26, 2021

Zidane first took the helm in January 2016 and guided Real to the 2017 La Liga title and an unprecedented hat-trick of Champions League titles before abruptly quitting on May 31, 2018.

He returned in 2019, winning a second La Liga crown in 2020 and the Spanish Super Cup.