Why Perez wants Zidane

The idyll between Zinedine Zidane and Florentino Perez lived. The president of Real Madrid blame his coach for his handling of the case Kepa Arrizabalaga, the guardian of Bilbao announced close to the White House.

The gap between Real Madrid and Barça, relentless leader of La Liga this season, goes badly in high places. While the first leg is not over in Spain, the Merengues are 16 points behind their rivals Blaugranas and are content for the time of a fourth place unworthy of their rank. Also Zinedine Zidane, though credited with a near perfect 2017 year where only the Spanish Cup has escaped him, would it be more untouchable in the eyes of President Florentino Perez.

Sport, inevitable newspaper in the Pyrenees, understands that the knockout stage of the Champions League ahead of PSG would act chopper for the French technician in case of unfortunate outcome. But the media of Catalan obedience goes further on Wednesday by saying that the torch burns already between Zizou and his boss. This since the hero of the finals of World Cup 98 shouted loudly that he did not need a new goalkeeper.

This statement made to the press this weekend has not passed. Especially since the staff of Madrid had taken care to summon his strategist the previous Friday to inform him of the imminent arrival of Kepa Arrizabalaga, the young and talented doorman of Athletic Bilbao, who is expected to strengthen the ranks of the Real for several weeks already. But this Spanish neo-international, Zinedine Zidane would not like it, considering his training sufficiently well done in terms of guardians with Keylor Navas and Kiko Casilla. Above all, the former lieutenant of Carlo Ancelotti would like to preserve his son, Luca Zidane, last wall also but not always to his advantage with the Castilla, the reserve of Real. Suspicions of favoritism which would be at the origin of the cold between the president and the technician madrilènes according to Sport.