{"id":13505,"date":"2025-11-11T16:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T16:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/11\/zinedine-zidane-hints-at-returning-as-manager-soon\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T16:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T16:49:56","slug":"zinedine-zidane-hints-at-returning-as-manager-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/11\/zinedine-zidane-hints-at-returning-as-manager-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Zinedine Zidane hints at returning as manager &#8216;soon&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\"><span class=\"capital-letter\">T<\/span>Hat It&#8217;s still shocking that Zinedine Zidane lost his job. Since leaving Real Madrid in June 2021, the French manager has not returned to the bench, despite teams that have appeared to be interested in him in recent years being left without a manager.<span\/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why, and because the World Cup always seems to be the end of one cycle and the beginning of another, all eyes around the world will be on the future of the French national team when coach Didier Deschamps ends his tenure at the helm of the French team at next summer&#8217;s tournament.<span\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__summary\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-dailymotion\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Kylian Mbappu is delighted with his purple training kit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Zizou was injured and could not play.<\/h2>\n<p>Of course, Zidane is always asked when he will return. 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