I'M ZIN CONTROL Zinedine Zidane insists he is ‘not bothered’ about Jose Mourinho being linked to Real Madrid manager job
ZINEDINE ZIDANE claims he is "not bothered" by talk Jose Mourinho might replace him at Real Madrid.
Posted Sunday, September 22, 2019 by Thesun.co.uk
Bernabeu boss Zidane insists he is in a "strong position" despite fans' fury at Wednesday's 3-0 loss at PSG, heightening speculation ex-Real chief Mourinho, Xabi Alonso, Raul or Max Allegri could step in.
Real boss Zinedine Zidane says he pays no attention to speculation over his future - despite Jose Mourinho being linked after the 3-0 loss at PSG Credit: AFP or licensors
Jose Mourinho is the man most talked of to succeed Zinedine Zidane Credit: EPA
Zidane said: "I will keep trying until the last minute and as long as the club will give me the chance to continue. I don't feel questioned at all."
"I'm not bothered by the Mourinho speculation.
"This is how the situation is, and whenever the team has a bad result the impression is that everything needs to change. It's difficult but it's the reality."
Yet Real's display in their midweek Champions League opener was so lame it put Zidane's future under an even fiercer spotlight, having only returned in March following three successive European crowns in his previous reign.
'I NEVER GIVE UP'
For the fist time since 2003, Los Blancos failed to produce an effort on target in a Champions League game, despite PSG being without their famous front three of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani.
Gareth Bale had a goal ruled out for handball but otherwise Real's disjointed performance shocked pundits and supporters.
Zidane, though, insists rumours of being replaced never faze him.
He said: "I'm not interested in what is said outside the club, the day I pay attention to what's in the press is the day I leave.
"I feel in a strong position and I never give up."
Real might also baulk at ousting Zidane because of a reported £70.5million exit package for the French legend.
Sport suggest a dismissal fee and tax costs, on top of Zidane's three-and-a-half-year contract worth £11.5m a term, would mean a staggering pay-off sum.
But if Zidane does go, the Italia media say former Real stars Raul and Alonso, plus ex-Juventus chief Allegri, are prime contenders to succeed him, behind former Manchester United manager Mourinho.
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