When Real Madrid recently announced the split from Zinédine Zidane, there was talk of a decision by the coach that should be accepted.
Los Blancos said goodbye to the 48-year-old as a legend to whom they owe thanks. It sounded like a largely peaceful and amicable departure for the great “Zizou” – despite the unsuccessful season. Apparently a wrong picture, because now the coach himself has clarified a few things.
In an open letter that the Spanish sports newspaper as published, he settled accounts with his heart club.
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“I’m leaving because the club no longer gives me the confidence I need. They don’t offer me the support to build something in the medium or long term,” said the former world-class player. Clear words in the direction of the club bosses around President Florentino Perez.
Zidane: People are more important than money
“I know that if you don’t succeed, you have to leave,” said Zidane. Here, however, “one very important thing is being forgotten: Everything I have built up in my daily work, what I have achieved in relation to the players, to the 55 employees around the team has been forgotten.”
He was a winner type, his goal was to get trophies. “But above that are the people, the emotions, the life – and I have the feeling that these things were not appreciated and not understood, that this also maintains the dynamism of a big club.”
He was “additionally accused” of this. But that’s not all. After three triumphs in the Champions League (won during his first term), he demanded respect: “I want what we have achieved together to be respected. I would have liked it if my relationship with the club and the president over the past few months had one would have been different from other coaches. ”
He did not ask for privileges, but for “memory. Today the life of a coach at a large club lasts two seasons, not much longer. For it to last longer, human relationships are essential, they are more important than money, more important than.” fame, more important than anything. You have to take care of it. ”
“The team stood behind me until death”
To have to read in the press, to be fired in case of failure, hurt him very much. Him, but also the entire team. This has led to “doubts and misunderstandings”: “Thank God I had wonderful boys who stood behind me until death.” In fact, players like Karim Benzema had assumed that the coach would remain shortly before the end.
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These would have saved him with terrific victories when things got “ugly. Because they believed in me and they knew I believed in them. Of course, I’m not the best coach in the world, but I am able to give any strength and To give confidence what everyone needs in their work. ”
Clear words. How things will go on for Zidane is unclear. But one thing is certain: there will be no further return to the royal family.
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